18 three-word idioms, know five, you are a master

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the princes rose together.

Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had agreed that the one who entered the customs first would be king. Liu Bang entered the customs first, but Xiang Yu was unwilling, and he set up a banquet at Hongmen to entertain Liu Bang.

Xiang Yu wanted to kill Liu Bang at the banquet, but because of a bad thought, he let Liu Bang go. Later, Liu Bang overcame all the difficulties and became Xiang Yu's biggest opponent.

Later, the Hongmen banquet became an idiom, referring to an invitation to a banquet with bad intentions and bad intentions, which was likened to a banquet that wanted to harm guests.

All along, a lot of three-word idioms have been derived, maybe you don't know that they are idioms, don't believe it, you come and see!

18 three-word idioms, know five, you are a master!

Please long tase

[Interpretation] refers to the determination to serve the country and submit to strong enemies. Volunteered to kill the enemy.

[Source] Zu Yong's "Wangji Gate": "Although the young man is not a penman, he still wants to invite Changyun on merit." ”

【Story】A dynasty official named Zhijun in the Han Dynasty once asked Emperor Wudi of Han to go to South Vietnam (present-day Guangdong, Guangxi, and northern Vietnam) and bind the king of Nanyue back with a long rope to make him submit. Zu Yong used this allusion in his poem "Wangjimen" and summarized it for the first time as "please long yarn".

groundless

[Interpretation] means that there may be meaning, to describe something out of nothing, to fabricate crimes, to indicate false accusations out of thin air.

[Source] Yuan Shi and other "Song Shi Yue Fei Biography": "The general of the prison is also Shangye, Han Shizhong is uneven, and he is a real deal." Hinoki: 'Although Fei Ziyun and Zhang Xianshu are unknown, their events are unwarranted. Shi Zhong said: "How can the three words 'unnecessary' convince the world? ”

【Story】Qin Hui framed Yue Fei, Han Shizhong angrily asked him if it was the truth, Qin Hui said: "Maybe there is." Han Shizhong was very angry: "How can 'unwarranted' convince the world? ”

Cows

[Interpretation] indicates the excessive love of parents for their children.

[Source] "Zuo Chuan Lamenting the Six Years of the Duke": "Ru forgets the king's teeth for the sake of the cow? And back too! ”

【Story】Later, the famous sentence in Lu Xun's "Self-mockery" of the great modern writer Lu Xun "Horizontal eyebrows are cold to a thousand husbands, bowing down and willing to be a child cow" has sublimated the spirit of "Xiaozi Niu", and people use "Xiaozi Niu" as a metaphor for people who are willing to serve the people and make selfless dedication.

Interpretation flower

【Interpretation】 Tang Minghuang said that Yang Guifei was "the flower of interpretation", which refers to the flower of understanding, the metaphor of an understanding beauty, and the beauty is intelligent and lovely.

【Source】 Wang Renyu of the fifth dynasty "Kaiyuan Tianbao Relics and Interpretation Flowers": In autumn and August of the Ming Emperor, there are several branches of Qianye White Lotus in the Tailiu Pond, and the emperor and noble Qi feast to appreciate it. The left and right sighed, and for a long time, the emperor pointed to the noble concubine to show the left and right: "Fight like me to explain the flower?" “

【Story】In the era of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, countless snow-white lotus flowers bloomed in the Tailiu Pool in the palace, and Emperor Xuanzong and the royal family and state relatives set up a banquet to enjoy the flowers. During the banquet, everyone was full of praise for these lotus flowers.

Emperor Xuanzong pointed at Yang Guifei and said to everyone: "No matter how beautiful this lotus flower is, it is not comparable to the famous flower that I can talk to!" ”

Emperor Xuanzong compared Yang Guifei to a famous flower who could talk, better than a snow-white lotus, which showed his love for Yang Guifei.

Later, the allusion to "interpretation flower" was used as a metaphor for beautiful women, or to refer to beautiful women.

Capsule wisdom

【Interpretation】The wisdom under the pocket. It means that there is a lot of resourcefulness.

[Source] "Weishu Murong Chu Biography": "And I throw myself into the old, and the wisdom of the bottom is enough to overcome it." ”

bear the bell

【Interpretation】The ancient princes made a covenant to cut the ox's ears and shed blood, and the representatives of the main allies held the plates containing the ox's ears. Therefore, the main ally is called the bull ear. The latter generally refers to the most authoritative position in a certain aspect.

[Source] "Zuo Chuan Lai Gong Seventeen Years": "The alliance of princes, who holds the bull's ear?" ”

Golden stone

【Interpretation】The metaphor is deep in friendship, as strong as a golden stone.

[Source] "Hanshu Han Xin Biography": "Xiang Wang feared, so that the people of Taitai Wu Shu said in the letter: '... Imazushita thought that he was a golden friendship with the King of Han, but he was finally favored by the King of Han. ’”

Empty city meter

[Interpretation] refers to the strategy of covering up emptiness and deceiving the other party in a critical situation; It is often used today as a metaphor for powerlessness and bravado and scary.

[Source] Late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" 95th Edition: "'If the Wei soldiers arrive, do not move without permission, I have my own plans. 'Kong Ming Nai wore a crane, wore a silk scarf, cranked a feather fan, and led two children with a piano, and sat by the railing in front of the enemy building in the city, burning incense and playing the piano, and singing loudly. ”

【Idiom】Zhuge Liang sent troops to attack the Wei army, leaving only a few old and weak soldiers to defend the city, Sima Yi led the troops to kill, Zhuge Liang gave the order to open the city gate, and sent people to the city gate to clean the road, he himself sat on the city tower and played the piano, the sound of the piano was not chaotic. Seeing this, Sima Yi was afraid that an ambush had been arranged in the city, so he retreated.

Bang the side drum

[Interpretation] The metaphor helps the voice from the side, helps the speaker, and helps the speaker convey the thoughts to the listener. (slightly pejorative)

[Source] Qing Li Baojia's "Official Appearance" 34th Series: "This word must be found by your brother himself, and we can only beat the side drum." ”

Nine-fold arm

[Interpretation] IX: Generally refers to multiple times; Break: Broken. He broke his arm many times, and after repeated treatment, he became familiar with medical treatment. The metaphor has a lot of experience and experience.

[Source] Warring States Chu Qu Yuan "Nine Chapters of Regret Chanting (诵 to Cause Sorrow)": "Nine folded arms became a doctor, and I still know that it is true." Wang Yi's note: "Fang people nine folded arms, more prescription medicine, become a good doctor." ”

Cold shoulder

[Interpretation] refers to the host's refusal to let the guest into the door, which is called letting the guest eat the closed door.

[Source] Tang Fengxian's "Yunxian Miscellaneous" Volume 1: "The following do not meet, treat them behind closed doors." ”

dabbler

[Interpretation] refers to the middle between understanding and not understanding, and likes to show off.

[Source] Yuan Anonymous's "Sima Xiangru Qiao Ji": "Nowadays, ordinary people in that street market read a few words roughly, chewed words, and people asked him to make half a bottle of vinegar. ”

Wall-by-wall view

Paraphrasing: The metaphor sits and watches the victory or defeat without helping either side.

[Source] "History. Volume VII. Xiang Yu Benji": "The army of the princes saved the giant deer, and the lower ones were more than ten walls, and they did not dare to set up troops." and Chu attacked Qin, and all the generals watched from the wall." The parable sits back and sees success or failure and does not help either side. Also known as "wall view".

【Story】At the end of the Qin Dynasty, in order to resist the violent rule of the Qin State, Xiang Yu and the Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Han kingdoms that had been destroyed by the Qin Dynasty formed an anti-Qin rebel army.

Zhang then attacked Zhao and besieged Yu Julu, the king of Zhao. King Zhao urgently appealed to King Chu for help. Xiang Yu personally led the whole army across Zhangshui, and immediately "broke the cauldron and sank the boat", and each person only distributed three days of dry food, and fought to the death with the Qin army.

At this time, there were already more than a dozen supporting Zhao troops from all over the world assembled on the front line. Seeing that the Qin army was strong, all reinforcements held on to the camp and did not dare to fight easily.

The generals of the Chu army seemed to be fierce tigers out of the mountains, and with one as ten, they directly killed the Qin army and could not be defeated. Reinforcements from all walks of life saw this spectacular scene in their own strongholds.

The Chu army was victorious, and Xiang Yu became the leader of various anti-Qin forces.

Wind horse cow

【Interpretation】Put the cow in the wind, the ox runs downwind, and the horse runs against the wind, and will not run together. It is later used as a metaphor for the fact that things have nothing to do with each other.

[Source] Tang Duan Chengshi "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks and Thieves": "Tang Zhizhi: 'A certain and the male wind horse and cow ears, do not intend to meet, really admire the gentleman, how to be a pawn. ”

Baili Cai

【Interpretation】Talents who can govern a county. Generally refers to people with small talents.

[Source] "Records of the Three Kingdoms" volume 37 "Shushu Pang Tong Biography": The first lord led Jingzhou, unified to be engaged in guarding the Yang order, did not govern in the county, and was exempted from office. Wu Jiang Lu Su's posthumous master wrote: "Pang Shiyuan is not a hundred miles of talent, so that he can handle the rule and do not drive it, and he should show his good feet."

Gossip

【Interpretation】The long-tongued woman originally referred to a woman who was good at gossip, and later generally referred to a person who loves to gossip, manipulate right and wrong, and talk to others behind her back; It also refers to the person who should be hyped up for a little thing.

【Example sentence】"The Book of Poetry, Daya Zhan": "A woman has a long tongue, and the step of Wei Li!" Bandits descended from heaven and were born of women. ”

杵臼交【chǔ jiù jiāo】

[Interpretation] means friendship regardless of poverty.

【Source】《Hou Han Shu. Wu You Biography": "Gong Sha Mu came to travel to the Tai Xue, and had no food, but changed his service to guest servants and rented for You." You and Yu were shocked, so they agreed to hand over the pestle. Later, the term "pestle intercourse" refers to friendship regardless of poverty.

Pawn

[Interpretation] refers to a person who served as a soldier before a horse, and is now used as a metaphor for a person who serves others.

[Source] Tang Hanyu's poem "Fu Reading City South": "One is a pawn in front of the horse, and the back of the whip is maggots." ”

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