lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) · fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of, 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)
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