终南捷径

终南捷径終南捷徑 Zhōng nán jié jìng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ zung1 naam4 zit6 ging3

  • lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
  • fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 卢藏用 (盧藏用) Lú Càng yòng ㄌㄨˊ ㄘㄤˋ ㄩㄥˋ, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)

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