蠢迪撿押

Chinese

		to wiggle	direct; follow	norm, rule	cage, rule
trad. (蠢迪撿押/蠢迪檢押/蠢迪檢柙)		蠢	迪	撿/檢	押/柙
simp. (蠢迪捡押/蠢迪检押/蠢迪检柙)		蠢	迪	捡/检	押/柙

Etymology

From Yang Xiong, Fayan (《法言》, "Exemplary Sayings"):

君子純終領聞，蠢迪撿押。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

君子纯终领闻，蠢迪捡押。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE, translated based on Jeffrey S. Bullock's version

Jūnzǐ chún zhōng lǐng wén, chǔndíjiǎnyā. [Pinyin]

The junzi is pure to the end and earns a fine reputation. His actions follow standards and norms.

The rare (and now obsolete) form might have been a deliberate, character-by-character obfuscation of 動由規矩 (literally, "every action, no matter how small, follows the rules and norms").[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǔndíjiǎnxiá, chǔndíjiǎnyā

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ, ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǔndíjiǎnxiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǔndíjiǎnsiá
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun³-ti²-chien³-hsia²
  - Yale: chwǔn-dí-jyǎn-syá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choendyijeanshya
  - Palladius: чуньдицзянься (čunʹdiczjanʹsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǔndíjiǎnyā
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǔndíjiǎnya
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun³-ti²-chien³-ya¹
  - Yale: chwǔn-dí-jyǎn-yā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choendyijeania
  - Palladius: чуньдицзянья (čunʹdiczjanʹja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵⁵/

Verb

蠢迪撿押

(archaic, literary, obsolete) to follow rules; to comply with the norms

References

魯迅 (1934) “作文秘訣”, in 南腔北調集‎ (in Chinese), 同文書局

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[1] 魯迅 (1934) “作文秘訣”, in 南腔北調集‎ (in Chinese), 同文書局