徑情直遂

Chinese

		at one's will; arbitrarily
trad. (徑情直遂)		徑情	直遂
simp. (径情直遂)		径情	直遂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngqíngzhísuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄓˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ cing⁴ zik⁶ seoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngqíngzhísuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄓˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngcíngjhíhsuèi
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-chʻing²-chih²-sui⁴
    • Yale: jìng-chíng-jŕ-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqchyngjyrsuey
    • Palladius: цзинцинчжисуй (czincinčžisuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³ cing⁴ zik⁶ seoi⁶
    • Yale: ging chìhng jihk seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ tsing⁴ dzik⁹ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ qing⁴ jig⁶ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɪk̚² sɵy̯²²/

Idiom

徑情直遂

1. (to attain success) as smoothly as one would wish

   • 事物是往返曲折的，不是徑情直遂的，戰爭也是一樣，只有形式主義者想不通這個道理。 [MSC, trad.]
     事物是往返曲折的，不是径情直遂的，战争也是一样，只有形式主义者想不通这个道理。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shìwù shì wǎngfǎn qūzhé de, bù shì jìngqíngzhísuì de, zhànzhēng yě shì yīyàng, zhǐyǒu xíngshìzhǔyìzhě xiǎng bu tōng zhège dàolǐ. [Pinyin]

     Events have their twists and turns and do not follow a straight line, and war is no exception; only formalists are unable to comprehend this truth.

Synonyms

• 徑行直遂／径行直遂 (jìngxíngzhísuì)