治大国若烹小鲜
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom); effective government requires minimal intervention
idiom
Traditional: 治大國若烹小鮮
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- (idiom) ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
- effective government requires minimal intervention
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Related Words
六腑(liù fǔ)— (TCM) six bowels (hollow organs), namely: gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4 chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3 chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1 jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2 guang1]
→堆积如山(duī jī rú shān)— to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
→大一统(dà yī tǒng)— unification (of the nation)
→大大小小(dà dà xiǎo xiǎo)— large and small
→HSK & Exam Info
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