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徑情直遂

简径情直遂 · 繁徑情直遂

Mandarin · pinyin jìng qíng zhí suì

to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)

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情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
直: zhí · straight, erect, vertical
遂: suì · comply with, follow along; thereupon
径: jìng · narrow path; diameter; direct

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4–2–2–4 · jing4 qing2 zhi2 sui4

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(to attain success) as smoothly as one would wish

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