昭然若揭

Chinese

very clear; very apparent
to seem; like; as
to seem; like; as; if
 
 hold aloft
trad. (昭然若揭) 昭然 若 揭
simp. #(昭然若揭) 昭然 若 揭

Etymology

From Zhuangzi, Book 17

今汝飾知以驚愚，脩身以明汙，昭昭乎若揭日月而行也。汝得全而形軀，具而九竅，无中道夭於聾盲跛蹇而比於人數，亦幸矣，又何暇乎天之怨哉！子往矣！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
今汝饰知以惊愚，修身以明污，昭昭乎若揭日月而行也。汝得全而形躯，具而九窍，无中道夭于聋盲跛蹇而比于人数，亦幸矣，又何暇乎天之怨哉！子往矣！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
Jīn rǔ shì zhì yǐ jīng yú, xiū shēn yǐ míng wū, zhāozhāohū ruò jiē rìyuè ér xíng yě. Rǔ dé quán ér xíng qū, jù ér jiǔqiào, wú zhōngdào yāo yú lóngmáng bǒjiǎn ér bǐ yú rénshù, yì xìng yǐ, yòu hé xiá hū tiān zhī yuàn zāi! Zǐ wǎng yǐ! [Pinyin]
You embellish your wisdom to astonish the ignorant, cultivating your person to show up the disreputable, all shiny and flashy, as if walking along wielding the sun and moon in your hands. You’ve managed to keep your body with all its nine apertures intact, rather than being cut down midway by blindness, deafness, lameness, or deformity. You’re luckier than most! What leisure do you have to resent the Heaven? Away with you!

Pronunciation

Idiom

昭然若揭

  1. to be all too obvious; to be as clear as the sun at noonday

Synonyms

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