攀辕卧辙
pān​yuán​wò​zhé

to entreat an official to stay

  • created reference approved 攀辕卧辙/攀轅臥轍 → 攀车卧辙/攀車臥轍 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攀辕卧辙 / 攀轅臥轍 pān​yuán​wò​zhé

    攀车卧辙 / 攀車臥轍 pān​chē​wò​zhé

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  • created sense approved 攀辕卧辙/攀轅臥轍 · pān​yuán​wò​zhé · to entreat an official to stay — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攀辕卧辙 / 攀轅臥轍

    pān​yuán​wò​zhé

    to entreat an official to stay

    to grasp the carriage shafts and lie in the wheel ruts; an idiom used to describe the people's deep affection for a popular official and their earnest desire to prevent them from leaving office

    pān​yuán​wò​chè

    攀 (literal) → 攀 · pān · to climb 辕 (literal) → 辕/轅 · yuán · shafts 卧 (literal) → 卧/臥 · wò · to lie down 辙 (literal) → 辙/轍 · zhé · rut

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