接淅而行
jiē​xī'ér​xíng

to depart in a hurry

  • created sense approved 接淅而行 · jiē​xī'ér​xíng · to depart in a hurry — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    接淅而行

    jiē​xī'ér​xíng

    to depart in a hurry

    to leave in a great rush due to urgent circumstances; originally used to describe Confucius leaving the state of Qi so quickly that he took washed rice that was still wet rather than waiting for it to dry

    接 (literal) → 接 · jiē · to catch 淅 (literal) → 淅 · xī · washed rice 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to go

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    created sense