行遠自邇
xíng​yuǎn​zì'ěr

to start from the basics

  • created reference approved 行远自迩/行遠自邇 → 登高自卑 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    行远自迩 / 行遠自邇 xíng​yuǎn​zì'ěr

    登高自卑 dēng​gāo​zì​bēi

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 行远自迩/行遠自邇 · xíng​yuǎn​zì'ěr · to start from the basics — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    行远自迩 / 行遠自邇

    xíng​yuǎn​zì'ěr

    to start from the basics

    To reach a distant destination one must start from nearby; to proceed step by step and tackle easy problems before hard ones.

    行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to go 远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · far 自 (literal) → 自 · zì · from 迩 (literal) → 迩/邇 · ěr · near

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

    created sense