崇本抑末
chóng​běn​yì​mò

prioritize essentials over trivialities

  • created reference approved 崇本抑末 → 重农抑商/重農抑商 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    崇本抑末 chóng​běn​yì​mò

    重农抑商 / 重農抑商 zhòng​nóng​yì​shāng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 崇本抑末 · chóng​běn​yì​mò · prioritize essentials over trivialities — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    崇本抑末

    chóng​běn​yì​mò

    prioritize essentials over trivialities

    Promote what is fundamental and suppress what is incidental; historically, this referred to prioritizing agriculture and restricting commerce

    崇 (literal) → 崇 · chóng · to esteem 本 (literal) → 本 · běn · origin 抑 (literal) → 抑 · yì · to restrain 末 (literal) → 末 · mò · nonessentials

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense