大車無輗
Chinese
cart; big car; respectful term for an engine drive or the chief engineer of a ship | not have | clamps for crossbar of carriage | ||
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trad. (大車無輗) | 大車 | 無 | 輗 | |
simp. (大车无𫐐) | 大车 | 无 | 𫐐 |
Etymology
From the Analects:
- 子曰:「人而無信,不知其可也。大車無輗,小車無軏,其何以行之哉?」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Rén ér wú xìn, bùzhī qí kě yě. Dàchē wú ní, xiǎochē wú yuè, qí héyǐ xíng zhī zāi?” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large carriage be made to go without the crossbar for yoking the oxen to, or a small carriage without the arrangement for yoking the horses?"
子曰:“人而无信,不知其可也。大车无𫐐,小车无𫐄,其何以行之哉?” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Idiom
大車無輗
- an untrustworthy person cannot receive trust from others and be established in society