言近指远 (言近指遠) yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn

yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn set phrase simple words, profound meaning
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Variant of 言近旨遠 (Guoyu '言近指遠')

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 六祖大師法寶壇經 — count: 1 , has English translation