方圆 (方圓) fāngyuán
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fāngyuán
noun
circumference
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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fāngyuán
noun
to encircle; to wrap about
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
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fāngyuán
phrase
square and round
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Collocation: from 文心雕龍·原道 “The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons”, The Way is the Source by 劉勰 Liu Xie (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. in Liu and Shi 2015, loc. 1264)
Contained in
- 不以规矩，不能成方圆(不以規矩，不能成方圓) without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
- 没有规矩，何以成方圆(沒有規矩，何以成方圓) without rules, how can anything be done; one must follow some rules
- 没有规矩，不成方圆(沒有規矩，不成方圓) without rules, nothing can be done; one must follow some rules
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 4
- 卷七十五 列傳第四十五 王湛 荀崧 范汪 劉惔 張憑 韓伯 Volume 75 Biographies 45: Wang Zhan; Xun Song; Fan Wang; Liu Tan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 奸劫弑臣第十四 Chapter 14: Treacherous, Coercive, and Murderous Officials Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 2
- 卷一百五十二 志第一百〇五 輿服四 Volume 152 Treatises 105: Carriages and Clothes 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
- 卷二十二 志第二: 禮儀二 Volume 22 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 禮論篇第十九 Chapter 19: Discussion on Ceremony Xunzi 荀子 — count: 2
- 第三十五回 Chapter 35 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 卷16 志第11 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 11: Measures and the Calendar 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
Collocations
- 方圆不同 (方圓不同) 無方圓不同之義也 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — count: 3
- 方圆五 (方圓五) 有黑雲方圓五六百步 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷78 列傳第43 藝術 Volume 78 Biographies 43: Artists — count: 3
- 方圆八百 (方圓八百) 方圓八百餘里 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十一回 Chapter 11 — count: 3
- 不易方圆 (不易方圓) 不易方圓之用 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷二十一 列傳第十五 王瞻 王志 王峻 王暕 子訓 王泰 王份 孫鍚 僉 張充 柳惲 蔡撙 江蒨 Volume 21: Wang Zhan; Wang Zhi; Wang Jun; Wang Jian; Wang Xun; Wang Tai; Wang Fen; Wang Yang; Zhang Chong; Liu Yun; Cai Zun; Jiang Qian — count: 3
- 方圆四 (方圓四) 方圓四寸 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷三十八 Scroll 38 — count: 3
- 方圆二 (方圓二) 大者方圓二尺 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷112上 靈徵志八上 Volume 112a Treatise 8: The Spiritual World 1 — count: 2
- 大小方圆 (大小方圓) 大小方圓華蓋一百五十有六 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 — count: 2
- 云方圆 (雲方圓) 有黑雲方圓五六百步 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷78 列傳第43 藝術 Volume 78 Biographies 43: Artists — count: 2
- 方圆殊 (方圓殊) 方圓殊趣 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 — count: 2
- 里方圆 (裡方圓) 卻有三四里方圓平曠的所在 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第九十回 Chapter 90 — count: 2