行不由径
xíng​bù​yóu​jìng

upright and honest

  • created reference approved 行不由径/行不由徑 → 光明正大 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    行不由径 / 行不由徑 xíng​bù​yóu​jìng

    光明正大 guāng​míng​zhèng​dà

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 行不由径/行不由徑 · xíng​bù​yóu​jìng · upright and honest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    行不由径 / 行不由徑

    xíng​bù​yóu​jìng

    upright and honest

    Literally "never taking a short cut"; to act in an honest way and follow proper rules rather than seeking unfair advantages.

    行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to do 不由 (literal) → 不由 · bù​yóu · to not follow 径 (literal) → 径/徑 · jìng · path

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

    created sense