防意如城
fáng​yì​rú​chéng

to guard against desires

  • created reference approved 防意如城 → 守口如瓶 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    防意如城 fáng​yì​rú​chéng

    守口如瓶 shǒu​kǒu​rú​píng

    see

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  • created sense approved 防意如城 · fáng​yì​rú​chéng · to guard against desires — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    防意如城

    fáng​yì​rú​chéng

    to guard against desires

    to guard against one's selfish thoughts and desires as if one were guarding a city against an enemy

    防 (literal) → 防 · fáng · to guard against 意 (literal) → 意 · yì · desire 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 城 (literal) → 城 · chéng · city wall

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

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