"左右逢源" meaning in All languages combined

See 左右逢源 on Wiktionary

Phrase [漢語]

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² fʊŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 左右逢原
Etymology: 語出《孟子·離婁下》,原作「左右逢原」:
  1. 左右兩邊都能夠得到水源。指學道有得,即可得心應手,取用不竭。 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-左右逢源-zh-phrase-EJTC7yCK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 八面玲瓏 (bāmiànlínglóng) [Traditional Chinese], 八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng) [Simplified Chinese], 八面見光 [Traditional Chinese], 八面见光 [Simplified Chinese], 無往不利 (wúwǎngbùlì) [Traditional Chinese], 无往不利 (wúwǎngbùlì) [Simplified Chinese]

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zuǒzhīyòuchù",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "左支右絀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuǒzhīyòuchù",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "左支右绌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìmiànshòudì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "四面受敵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìmiànshòudì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "四面受敌"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "來自《孟子》的漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「右」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「左」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「源」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「逢」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ shēnzào zhī yǐ dào, yù qí zì dé zhī yě. Zì dé zhī, zé jū zhī ān; jū zhī ān, zé zī zhī shēn; zī zhī shēn, zé qǔ zhī zuǒyòu féng qí yuán, gù jūnzǐ yù qí zì dé zhī yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「君子深造之以道,欲其自得之也。自得之,則居之安;居之安,則資之深;資之深,則取之左右逢其原,故君子欲其自得之也。」",
      "translation": "君子想求高深的造詣是有一定的道路的,但要靠自己的努力才能得到;自己得到了,才能在辨別事物時處之安然;在辨別事物時處之安然,才能給與得深;給與得深,才能在處世中左右探尋到事物的本原;所以君子想要自己得到。"
    },
    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ shēnzào zhī yǐ dào, yù qí zì dé zhī yě. Zì dé zhī, zé jū zhī ān; jū zhī ān, zé zī zhī shēn; zī zhī shēn, zé qǔ zhī zuǒyòu féng qí yuán, gù jūnzǐ yù qí zì dé zhī yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「君子深造之以道,欲其自得之也。自得之,则居之安;居之安,则资之深;资之深,则取之左右逢其原,故君子欲其自得之也。」",
      "translation": "君子想求高深的造詣是有一定的道路的,但要靠自己的努力才能得到;自己得到了,才能在辨別事物時處之安然;在辨別事物時處之安然,才能給與得深;給與得深,才能在處世中左右探尋到事物的本原;所以君子想要自己得到。"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "語出《孟子·離婁下》,原作「左右逢原」:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "左右逢原"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "左右兩邊都能夠得到水源。指學道有得,即可得心應手,取用不竭。"
      ],
      "id": "zh-左右逢源-zh-phrase-EJTC7yCK",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuféngyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ fung⁴ jyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuféngyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòufóngyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso³-yu⁴-fêng²-yüan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwǒ-yòu-féng-ywán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuooyowferngyuan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзоюфэнъюань (czojufɛnʺjuanʹ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ fung⁴ jyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jó yauh fùhng yùhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzo² jau⁶ fung⁴ jyn⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² yeo⁶ fung⁴ yun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² fʊŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bāmiànlínglóng",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面玲瓏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bāmiànlínglóng",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面玲珑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面見光"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面见光"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúwǎngbùlì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "無往不利"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúwǎngbùlì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "无往不利"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "左右逢源"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zuǒzhīyòuchù",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "左支右絀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuǒzhīyòuchù",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "左支右绌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìmiànshòudì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "四面受敵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìmiànshòudì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "四面受敌"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "來自《孟子》的漢語成語",
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「右」的漢語詞",
    "帶「左」的漢語詞",
    "帶「源」的漢語詞",
    "帶「逢」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ shēnzào zhī yǐ dào, yù qí zì dé zhī yě. Zì dé zhī, zé jū zhī ān; jū zhī ān, zé zī zhī shēn; zī zhī shēn, zé qǔ zhī zuǒyòu féng qí yuán, gù jūnzǐ yù qí zì dé zhī yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「君子深造之以道,欲其自得之也。自得之,則居之安;居之安,則資之深;資之深,則取之左右逢其原,故君子欲其自得之也。」",
      "translation": "君子想求高深的造詣是有一定的道路的,但要靠自己的努力才能得到;自己得到了,才能在辨別事物時處之安然;在辨別事物時處之安然,才能給與得深;給與得深,才能在處世中左右探尋到事物的本原;所以君子想要自己得到。"
    },
    {
      "ref": "《孟子》,約公元前4世紀",
      "roman": "Mèngzǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ shēnzào zhī yǐ dào, yù qí zì dé zhī yě. Zì dé zhī, zé jū zhī ān; jū zhī ān, zé zī zhī shēn; zī zhī shēn, zé qǔ zhī zuǒyòu féng qí yuán, gù jūnzǐ yù qí zì dé zhī yě.”",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "孟子曰:「君子深造之以道,欲其自得之也。自得之,则居之安;居之安,则资之深;资之深,则取之左右逢其原,故君子欲其自得之也。」",
      "translation": "君子想求高深的造詣是有一定的道路的,但要靠自己的努力才能得到;自己得到了,才能在辨別事物時處之安然;在辨別事物時處之安然,才能給與得深;給與得深,才能在處世中左右探尋到事物的本原;所以君子想要自己得到。"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "語出《孟子·離婁下》,原作「左右逢原」:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "左右逢原"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "左右兩邊都能夠得到水源。指學道有得,即可得心應手,取用不竭。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuféngyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ fung⁴ jyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòuféngyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄈㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zuǒyòufóngyuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tso³-yu⁴-fêng²-yüan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzwǒ-yòu-féng-ywán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzuooyowferngyuan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзоюфэнъюань (czojufɛnʺjuanʹ)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² jau⁶ fung⁴ jyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jó yauh fùhng yùhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzo² jau⁶ fung⁴ jyn⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zo² yeo⁶ fung⁴ yun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² fʊŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bāmiànlínglóng",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面玲瓏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bāmiànlínglóng",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面玲珑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面見光"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "八面见光"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúwǎngbùlì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "無往不利"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wúwǎngbùlì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "无往不利"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "左右逢源"
}

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