chuán​jì

capable ministers

  • created reference approved 船骥/船驥 → 位 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    船骥 / 船驥 chuán​jì

    位 wèi

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 船骥/船驥 · chuán​jì · capable ministers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    船骥 / 船驥

    chuán​jì

    capable ministers

    (literary) capable ministers who assist a ruler in governing a state (literally "boats and swift horses", based on the metaphor of tools needed to reach a destination or achieve great things)

    船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat 骥 (literal) → 骥/驥 · jì · thoroughbred horse

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

    created sense