created sense approved 仅容旋马/僅容旋馬 · jǐnróngxuánmǎ · cramped quarters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
仅容旋马 / 僅容旋馬
jǐnróngxuánmǎ
cramped quarters
(literary) very small space; room barely large enough to turn a horse around. This idiom originally described the modest home of the upright Song official Li Hang, and is now used to praise an official who is honest and does not seek vanity.
仅 (literal) → 仅/僅 · jǐn · only 容 (literal) → 容 · róng · to hold 旋 (literal) → 旋 · xuán · to revolve 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse
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