行不由徑
Chinese
to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional |
not; no | follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb) |
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trad. (行不由徑) | 行 | 不 | 由 | 徑 | |
simp. (行不由径) | 行 | 不 | 由 | 径 | |
Literally: “to not take bypaths”. |
Etymology
From the Analects:
- 子游為武城宰。子曰:「女得人焉爾乎?」曰:「有澹臺滅明者,行不由徑。非公事,未嘗至於偃之室也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyóu wèi wǔchéng zǎi. Zǐ yuē: “Rǔ dé rén yān ěr hū?” Yuē: “Yǒu dàntáimièmíng zhě, xíngbùyóujìng. Fēi gōngshì, wèicháng zhìyú yǎn zhī shì yě.” [Pinyin]
- Zi You being governor of Wu Cheng, the Master said to him, "Have you got good men there?" He answered, "There is Dan Tai Mie Ming, who never in walking takes a short cut, and excepting on public business never comes to my office."
子游为武城宰。子曰:「女得人焉尔乎?」曰:「有澹台灭明者,行不由径。非公事,未尝至于偃之室也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: síngbùyóujìng
- Wade–Giles: hsing2-pu4-yu2-ching4
- Yale: syíng-bù-yóu-jìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngbuyoujinq
- Palladius: синбуюцзин (sinbujuczin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hang4 bat1 jau4 ging3
- Yale: hàhng bāt yàuh ging
- Cantonese Pinyin: hang4 bat7 jau4 ging3
- Guangdong Romanization: heng4 bed1 yeo4 ging3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯²¹ kɪŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 行不由徑