jīng​shì​zhì​yòng

statecraft for practical use

  • created sense approved 经世致用/經世致用 · jīng​shì​zhì​yòng · statecraft for practical use — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    经世致用 / 經世致用

    jīng​shì​zhì​yòng

    statecraft for practical use

    a scholarly tradition emerging after the Song Dynasty that combined the study of classics with contemporary political and economic issues, advocating that learning should solve social problems

    经世 (literal) → 经世/經世 · jīng​shì · to govern; statecraft 致用 (literal) → 致用 · zhì​yòng · to put to practical use

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  • created sense approved 经世致用/經世致用 · jīng​shì​zhì​yòng · to govern for practical effect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    经世致用 / 經世致用

    jīng​shì​zhì​yòng

    to govern for practical effect

    to manage the affairs of the world in a way that is practical and effective

    经世 (literal) → 经世/經世 · jīng​shì · to govern; statecraft 致用 (literal) → 致用 · zhì​yòng · to put to practical use

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

    created sense