执两用中
zhí​liǎng​yòng​zhōng

to take the middle way

  • created reference approved 执两用中/執兩用中 → 中庸 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    执两用中 / 執兩用中 zhí​liǎng​yòng​zhōng

    中庸 zhōng​yōng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 执两用中/執兩用中 · zhí​liǎng​yòng​zhōng · to take the middle way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    执两用中 / 執兩用中

    zhí​liǎng​yòng​zhōng

    to take the middle way

    To handle matters impartially and avoid extremes; to follow the golden mean. From the [[中庸|中庸|zhong1 yong1]], meaning to hold both ends and apply the middle course for the people.

    执 (literal) → 执/執 · zhí · to hold 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · both 用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle

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

    created sense