终南捷径

终南捷径
Zhōngnánjiéjìng

lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)

  2. noun

    fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)

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