强榦弱枝 (強榦弱枝) qiáng gàn ruò zhī
qiáng gàn ruò zhī
set phrase
to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 12 十指 Ten Orders in Scroll 5 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 169; Guoyu '強幹弱枝')
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- 卷五 滅國上第七 滅國下第八 隨本消息第九 盟會要第十 正貫第十一 十指第十二 重政第十三 Scroll 5 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 2
- 卷五十二 Scroll 52 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1