斲雕为朴
zhuó​diāo​wéi​pǔ

to choose simplicity over ornamentation

  • created sense approved 斲雕为朴/斲雕為樸 · zhuó​diāo​wéi​pǔ · to choose simplicity over ornamentation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斲雕为朴 / 斲雕為樸

    zhuó​diāo​wéi​pǔ

    to choose simplicity over ornamentation

    To get rid of extravagance and return to a state of simple authenticity; to eschew ornamentation for the sake of simplicity.

    zhuó​diāo​wéi​pú

    斲 (literal) → 斲 · zhuó · to carve 雕 (literal) → 雕 · diāo · to carve 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 朴 (literal) → 朴/樸 · pǔ · unworked wood

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

    created sense