明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn
míng zhé bǎo shēn
set phrase
a wise man looks after his own body; to put one's own safety before matters of principle
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '明哲保身')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五 秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 2
- 卷十九 列傳第九 謝晦 謝裕 謝方明 謝靈運 Volume 19 Biographies 9: Xie Hui, Xie Yu, Xie Fangming, Xie Lingyun History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 戰國策校經序 吳師道 Stratagems of the Warring States Notes Classic Preface by Wu Shidao Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 1
- 卷一百三十二 列傳第二十 朱亮祖 周德興 王弼 藍玉 謝成 李新 Volume 132 Biographies 20: Zhu Liangzu, Zhou Dexing, Wang Bi, Lan Yu, Xie Cheng, Li Xin History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷六十七 唐書43: 列傳19 豆盧革 韋說 盧程 趙鳳 李愚 任圜 Volume 67 Book of Later Tang 43: Biographies 19 - Dou Luge, Wei Shou, Lu Cheng, Zhao Feng, Li Yu, Ren Huan Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1
- 卷三百四十 列傳第九十九 呂大防兄:大忠 弟:大鈞 大臨 劉摯 蘇頌 Volume 340 Biographies 99: Lu Dafang and elder brother: Dazhong, younger brother: Dajun, Da Lin, Liu Zhi, Su Song History of Song 宋史 — count: 1