终南捷径

Traditional form:

終南捷徑

Pinyin (reading):

Zhōngnánjiéjìng

Definitions:

• 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 盧藏用／卢藏用 ( Lú Càngyòng), 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)

Characters:

• 终 - end; finally, in the end
• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 捷 - nimble, quick; triumph, victory
• 径 - path, diameter; straight, direct

Traditional characters:

• 終 - end; finally, in the end
• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 捷 - nimble, quick; triumph, victory
• 徑 - path, diameter; straight, direct