以迂为直

以迂为直 in English

yǐ yū wéi zhí: (idiom) To use an indirect or apparently longer route in order to achieve a direct objective more effectively.

Character breakdown

以 yǐ to use
迂 yū literal-minded
为爲 wèi because of
直 zhí straight

Stroke order

Le caractère 以 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 以

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 为 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 为

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 直 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 直

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

以

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 15 forms

迂

Bronze script 春秋
Clerical script 西漢
See all 3 forms

直

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 15 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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