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Jyutping zung1 naam4 zit6 ging3
Pinyin zhōng nán jié jìng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
  2. fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    the shortcut to be an official, etc.