斬而不奏
zhǎn'ér​bù​zòu

to do something without reporting

  • created sense approved 斩而不奏/斬而不奏 · zhǎn'ér​bù​zòu · to do something without reporting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斩而不奏 / 斬而不奏

    zhǎn'ér​bù​zòu

    to do something without reporting

    to take action or carry out a task without reporting the fact to one's superiors

    斩 (literal) → 斩/斬 · zhǎn · to chop 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 奏 (literal) → 奏 · zòu · to memorialize

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

    created sense