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Chinese
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eye; item; section eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title |
not have
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all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete |
ox; cow; bull
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| trad. (目無全牛)
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目
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無
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全
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牛
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| simp. (目无全牛)
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目
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无
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全
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牛
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| Literally: “there are no whole cows in sight”.
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Etymology
From Zhuangzi, chapter 3 (《莊子·養生主》):
始臣之解牛之時，所見無非全牛者。三年之後，未嘗見全牛也。
始臣之解牛之时，所见无非全牛者。三年之后，未尝见全牛也。 - From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translation from The Complete Works Of Chuang Tzu (2013), by Burton Watson
- Shǐ chén zhī jiě niú zhī shí, suǒjiàn wú fēi quán niú zhě. Sān nián zhīhòu, wèicháng jiàn quán niú yě.
- When I first began cutting up oxen, all I could see was the ox itself. After three years I no longer saw the whole ox.
Pronunciation
Idiom
目無全牛
- supremely skilled