Yuan huo, Yuán huó: 2 definitions

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圓活 [yuán huó] [yuan huo]—
Flexible and tactful, not stubborn. Water Margin, Chapter 22: "I'm just afraid that Lei Heng (雷橫 [lei heng]) is too stubborn and doesn't know how to accommodate people. If he sees my brother, he won't be able to handle things tactfully (做處 [zuo chu])."

yuán huó: líng huó yuán huá ér bù gù zhí jǐ jiàn. < shuǐ hǔ chuán> dì èr èr huí: “wǒ zhǐ pà léi héng zhí zhe, bù huì zhōu quán rén, tǎng huò jiàn le xiōng zhǎng, méi gè zuò yuán huó chù.”

yuan huo: ling huo yuan hua er bu gu zhi ji jian. < shui hu chuan> di er er hui: "wo zhi pa lei heng zhi zhe, bu hui zhou quan ren, tang huo jian le xiong zhang, mei ge zuo yuan huo chu."

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圓活 [yuán huó] [yuan huo]—
Flexible and unimpeded. Li Dongyang (李東陽 [li dong yang]) of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Tang Shihua (《麓堂詩話 [lu tang shi hua]》): "The lüshi (律詩 [lu shi]) poem's introduction, development, turn, and conclusion are not without rules, but one should not be rigidly bound by them. If one adheres rigidly to the rules and creates a poem accordingly, it will become propped up and opposed, with sharp edges on all sides, lacking a sense of roundness, flexibility, and vitality."

yuán huó: líng huó chàng dá. míng． lǐ dōng yáng < lù táng shī huà>: “lǜ shī qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé, bù wèi wú fǎ, dàn bù kě ní, ní yú fǎ ér wèi zhī, zé chēng zhǔ duì dài, sì fāng bā jiǎo, wú yuán huó shēng dòng zhī yì.”

yuan huo: ling huo chang da. ming. li dong yang < lu tang shi hua>: "lu shi qi cheng zhuan he, bu wei wu fa, dan bu ke ni, ni yu fa er wei zhi, ze cheng zhu dui dai, si fang ba jiao, wu yuan huo sheng dong zhi yi."