Translation

• 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 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)

Synonyms

• 捷径, 近路