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Expression Profile · she-jin-qiu-yuan
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舍近求远

shě jìn qiú yuǎn
📊 Corpus Indexed: 2 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom

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他们看似舍近求远
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他们看似 舍近求远

(首要严查封锁的 必然是离万安更近的东门) ── Previous context

“They seemed to go the long way around”

《莫离》 · 27:55
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他们为什么会舍近求远呢?
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他们为什么会 舍近求远 呢?

(从这儿到那栋楼 走大路更近吧) ── Previous context

“Why did they take a detour then?”

《黑夜告白》 · 12:05
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