







旁搜远绍 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to extensively research and draw upon a wide range of sources, particularly ancient or historical ones; to gather widely and learn from past masters”. Literally, “extensively search and distantly inherit/follow”.

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Open the tool →旁搜远绍 (páng sōu yuǎn shào) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to extensively research and draw upon a wide range of sources, particularly ancient or historical ones; to gather widely and learn from past masters”.
旁搜远绍 is pronounced páng sōu yuǎn shào in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 旁搜远绍 means “extensively search and distantly inherit/follow”. It is used to mean “to extensively research and draw upon a wide range of sources, particularly ancient or historical ones; to gather widely and learn from past masters”.
广泛搜集,远承古人。