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Open the tool →长辔远御 (cháng pèi yuǎn yù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to exercise skillful”.
长辔远御 is pronounced cháng pèi yuǎn yù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 长辔远御 means “to drive far with long reins; to control from a distance”. It is used to mean “to exercise skillful”.
①放长缰绳,驾马远行。比喻帝王用某种政策、手段羁縻边远地区。②比喻驾驭创作手段从容达到写作的理想境界。