修文偃武
xiū​wén​yǎn​wǔ

to promote culture and cease military action

  • created reference approved 修文偃武 → 偃武修文 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    修文偃武 xiū​wén​yǎn​wǔ

    偃武修文 yǎn​wǔ​xiū​wén

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  • created sense approved 修文偃武 · xiū​wén​yǎn​wǔ · to promote culture and cease military action — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    修文偃武

    xiū​wén​yǎn​wǔ

    to promote culture and cease military action

    To promote civil education and learning while setting aside military preparations or weapons. Also written as [[偃武修文|偃武修文|yan3 wu3 xiu1 wen2]].

    修 (literal) → 修 · xiū · to cultivate 文 (literal) → 文 · wén · culture 偃 (literal) → 偃 · yǎn · to stop 武 (literal) → 武 · wǔ · martial

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