travel incognito; wear plain clothes
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to travel incognito; to wear plain clothes to conceal one's identity (said of royalty or officials)
literaryOriginally referred to emperors and officials traveling in disguise to avoid recognition. Often used in the phrase 微服私访.
Kāng康
xī熙
huáng皇
dì帝
céng曾
duō多
cì次
wēi微
fú服
sī私
fǎng访
，
liǎo了
jiě解
mín民
jiān间
jí疾
kǔ苦
。
Emperor Kangxi traveled incognito many times to understand the hardships of the common people.
Tā他
wēi微
fú服
chū出
xún巡
，
shēn深
rù入
shì市
jǐng井
tǐ体
chá察
mín民
qíng情
。
He toured incognito, going deep into the marketplace to observe the conditions of the people.
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Zhè这
wèi位
gāo高
guān官
wēi微
fú服
qián前
wǎng往
zāi灾
qū区
，
méi没
yǒu有
jīng惊
dòng动
dì地
fāng方
guān官
yuán员
。
This high-ranking official went to the disaster area in plain clothes without alerting local officials.