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To weigh one's words
During the Tang Dynasty, a man named Jia Dao (born in the year 779), a well-studied scholar and poet, went to the capital to take the imperial examination.
One day as he rides a donkey through the city streets, a poem begins to form in his mind. A portion of the poem comes into his head like this:
“The bird sits on the tree branch near a pond,
A monk approaches and knocks at the gate...”
At the same time, he wondered if the word “push” would be better than “knock” in his poem.
As he rides down the street, he imagines the monk pushing or knocking. Soon he finds himself making motions of pushing and shaking a fist in a knocking motion as he debates which word to use. He is quite a sight as he makes his way down the street on his donkey with hands and fists flying about as the internal debate continues.
As he amuses people along the street, he becomes completely lost in his thoughts and does not see the mayor's procession coming in the opposite direction. Jia Bao is blocking the way for the procession to continue down the road, and the mayor's guards immediately decide to remove Jia Bao by force. Jia Bao, not realizing that he was in the way, apologizes, explains his poetic dilemma and awaits his punishment for blocking the mayor's way.
The mayor, Han Yu, a scholar and author of prose himself, finds himself intrigued by Jia Dao's poem and problem. Han Yu gets off his horse and addresses Jia Bao, stating, “I think knock is better.” The relieved Jia Bao raises his head and is invited by the mayor to join the procession, and are seen riding off together down the street, exchanging their ideas and love of poetry.
In modern Chinese, this 反復推敲 idiom is used when someone is trying to decide which word to use in their writing or when struggling to decide between two things when neither seems to have a downside.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your push through search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
漕ぐ see styles |
kogu こぐ |
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to row; to paddle; to scull; to pull (the oars); (transitive verb) (2) to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); (transitive verb) (3) to swing (on a swing); (transitive verb) (4) to work (a hand pump); (transitive verb) (5) to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.) |
分ける see styles |
wakeru わける |
(transitive verb) (1) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; (2) to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; (3) to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); (4) to break up (a fight); to mediate; (5) to call a draw; to tie; (6) to push one's way through (a crowd); (7) to sell |
別ける see styles |
wakeru わける |
(transitive verb) (1) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; (2) to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; (3) to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); (4) to break up (a fight); to mediate; (5) to call a draw; to tie; (6) to push one's way through (a crowd); (7) to sell |
押通す see styles |
oshitoosu おしとおす |
(transitive verb) to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through |
分け入る see styles |
wakeiru / wakeru わけいる |
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to force one's way; to push through |
押し通す see styles |
oshitoosu おしとおす |
(transitive verb) to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through |
立て通す see styles |
tatetoosu たてとおす |
(transitive verb) to push through (an idea) |
かき分ける see styles |
kakiwakeru かきわける |
(transitive verb) to push one's way through |
押しとおす see styles |
oshitoosu おしとおす |
(transitive verb) to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through |
掻きのける see styles |
kakinokeru かきのける |
(transitive verb) (kana only) to push through |
掻き分ける see styles |
kakiwakeru かきわける |
(transitive verb) to push one's way through |
掻き退ける see styles |
kakinokeru かきのける |
(transitive verb) (kana only) to push through |
横車を押す see styles |
yokogurumaoosu よこぐるまをおす |
(exp,v5s) to have one's own way (against all reason); to push through an unreasonable idea |
踏み分ける see styles |
fumiwakeru ふみわける |
(transitive verb) to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.) |
Variations: |
wakeru わける |
(transitive verb) (1) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; (transitive verb) (2) to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; (transitive verb) (3) to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); (transitive verb) (4) to break up (a fight); to mediate; (transitive verb) (5) to call a draw; to tie; (transitive verb) (6) to push one's way through (a crowd); (transitive verb) (7) (also written as 頒ける) to sell |
Variations: |
kakiwakeru かきわける |
(transitive verb) to push aside; to push one's way through |
Variations: |
oshitoosu おしとおす |
(transitive verb) to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through |
Variations: |
kakiwakeru かきわける |
(transitive verb) to push aside; to push one's way through |
Variations: |
wakeru わける |
(transitive verb) (1) to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; (transitive verb) (2) to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; (transitive verb) (3) to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); (transitive verb) (4) to break up (a fight); to mediate; (transitive verb) (5) to call a draw; to tie; (transitive verb) (6) to push one's way through (a crowd); (transitive verb) (7) (also written as 頒ける) to sell |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Push or Knock | 反復推敲 反复推敲 | fǎn fù tuī qiāo fan3 fu4 tui1 qiao1 fan fu tui qiao fanfutuiqiao | fan fu t`ui ch`iao fanfutuichiao fan fu tui chiao |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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