Idioms are a treasure in the language and culture of the Chinese nation, and many people will consciously use idioms in ordinary exchanges and articles. Idioms refer to fixed phrases that have been used for a long time, are structurally stereotyped, and have complete meanings, and are mostly composed of four words. It is richer than the meaning of words and the grammatical function is equivalent to the language unit of words, and it is rich in profound ideological connotations, short and incisive, easy to remember and easy to use.
Some of the idioms come from historical stories, such as "Success and Defeat" from the Battle of Jinyang, "Returning to Zhao" from "Shi Ji Lian Po Lin Xiang Li Biography", "Breaking the Cauldron" from "Shi Ji Xiang Xiang Ben Ji"; some of them are from ancient fables, such as "Fox False Tiger Wei" from "Warring States Policy", "Sandpiper Clams Fighting" from "Yan Ce", "Painting Snakes and Adding Feet" from "Qi Ce", "Self-Contradiction" from "Han Feizi"; of course, more idioms are taken from ancient classic sentences, such as "Orderly" taken from "Methodical" In the Book of Shang, "If the gang is in the program, orderly but not disorderly", "take one and reverse three" intercepted from the "Analects of Discourse", "Lift a corner, do not use the three corners to oppose, then it will not return", "Heartache" is taken from "Zhuangzi Fisher Father", "The Lord of Ten Thousand Multipliers, the King of a Thousand Multipliers, Not Without Fighting Each Other", "Nu Yan Concubine Knee" is intercepted from ge Hong's "Baopuzi Communication" of the Jin Dynasty, "Take yue zhi independent as a stingy and clumsy person, and take the slave Yan Gong Knee as the understanding of the world", "Chested Bamboo" is taken from the Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Wen and Painting Yu Yu Gu Yan Bamboo Record", "Painting bamboo must first be made into bamboo in the chest." ”。 The list goes on.
But did you know that there are actually some idioms that come from ancient poems? How many of these idioms are derived from ancient poetry?
Mourning is everywhere
Interpretation: Lamentations: The mourning geese. The parable is full of groaning, screaming, displaced victims.
Original text: "Hongyan Yu fei, wailing and howling." "Poetry Classic, Xiaoya Hongyan"
Love can't help
Interpretation: The heart is willing to help, but limited by strength or conditions, there is no way to do it.
Original text: "Wei Zhongshan lifted it, love can not help it." "Poetry Sutra Daya Yumin"
Secretly send autumn waves
Interpretation: Autumn Waves: Autumn water waves; figurative beauty eyes.
Original text: "The beauty did not refuse to return to The Autumn Wave, and the young public opinion wanted to defend against the shuttle." "Song Sushi's "Hundred Steps of Hong"
Dark incense
Interpretation: Dark incense: quiet aroma; sparse shadow: sparse branch shadow. Originally describing the fragrance and posture of plum blossoms, it was later used as a synonym for plum blossoms.
Original text: "The shadow is shallow and shallow, and the dark incense floats at dusk." "Song Lin Kui," Lin Hejing Ji Vol. 2, Mountain Garden Xiaomei
Proud snow cream
Interpretation: Describe not afraid of frost, snow and cold, the more difficult the external conditions, the more spirited. The parable has been honed for a long time, and it is not weak or fearless in the face of cold persecution or blows.
Original text: "Proud of the snow and frost, flat bullying cold power, borrowing spring light." "Song Yang WuChao," "Liu Ziqing"
White fly
Interpretation: Bai Bi: White jade, metaphor for innocent people; green fly: metaphor for yu people. The green fly is white, and the metaphor is that the slander harms the faithful.
Original text: "The green fly is a point, and the white bi becomes unjust." "Tang Chen Ziang," "Hu Chuzhen Forbidden Place"
White heads return together
Interpretation: Return: return, destination. Until the hair is gray, the interests are still the same. Describe friendships as long-lasting and unwavering. Later, it was used to indicate that they were all old people and died at the same time.
The original text: "Chun Rong who does not admire, the years are cold and good; send shi friends, and the white head returns together." Jin Panyue's "Jingu Collected Poems"
White-clad dog
Interpretation: Cang: off-white. The floating clouds were like white clothes, and in an instant they became like dogs. Figurative things change.
Original text: "The clouds in the sky are like white clothes, and the si must change like a dog." "Tang Du Fu's Lamentable Poems"
A hundred feet away
Definition: The tip of a mast or acrobatic pole. It is a metaphor for a very high official position and meritorious name, or a high achievement in learning or career.
Original text: "A hundred feet of poles is five or two oblique, where is not home in this life." "Don Wu Rong, The Merchant"
Never get tired of reading
Definition: Boredom: bored, bored. Read it hundreds of times without getting bored. Describe a poem or book as very well written, no matter how many times you read it, and you don't get bored.
Original text: "Old books are not tired of reading a hundred times, and they are familiar with deep thinking and self-knowledge." "Song SuShi," "Sending An Huan Xiu to The Lost Return to the West"
Mottled land
Interpretation: Mottled: the colors are messy, the land is separated: uneven. Describe the variety of colors
Original text: "Discord is always its clutch, and the spotted land is far from its upper and lower." "Warring States Chu Qu Yuan's Departure from the Troubles"
Flowers with willows
Interpretation: Describe the joy of spring travel.
Original text: "The clouds are light and the wind is light, and the flowers follow the willows across the front river." "Song Cheng Hao," "Spring Day Occasionally"
Shame on you
Interpretation: Tolerance, Hiding; Forbearance: Patience. Tolerate shame and shame.
The original text: "The victorious and defeated soldiers are not expected, and the bag of shame and shame is a boy." "Tang Dumu's "Title Wujiang Pavilion"
BMW car carving
Interpretation: Gorgeous car, precious BMW. Refers to a sophisticated ride.
Original text: "BMW carved car fragrant road, phoenix sound movement, jade pot light rotation, a night of fish and dragon dance." "Song Xin Abandoned Disease," Qingyu Case, New Year's Eve
Hold the cloth silk
Interpretation: Cloth: an ancient currency; trade: buying and selling. Brought money to buy silk. Borrowed finger to approach the woman. It also refers to the trading of commodities.
Original text: "The Worm of the Mo, holding the cloth silk." Bandits come to trade silk, come to me. "Poetry Sutra, Wei Feng, AndLorus"
Pick melons with vines (wan).
Interpretation: Follow the vine to touch the melon. The parable expands the case and implicates the innocent.
Original text: "Plant melon yellow under the stage, melon ripe seeds away." One pick makes the melon good, then picks the melon thin, three picks are still possible, and the pick is not to hold the vine. "Tang Lixian's Huangtai Gua Ci"
Contents of the cup
Definition: What is in the cup, refers to wine.
Original text: "Heavenly fortune is like this, and into the cup of things." "Jin Tao Qian's "Blame"
Joys
Interpretation: Sadness: sadness, sadness; generally refers to the various situations experienced in life and the various emotions arising therefrom.
Original text: "People have sorrows and joys, and the moon has clouds and sunshine." "Song SuShi," "Water Tune Song Head: When is the Bright Moon"
Bei Que Zhu Palace
Interpretation: Refers to the Dragon Palace Water Mansion decorated with purple shell pearls. To describe the gorgeous house, it also refers to the Yaotai wonderland or the imperial palace.
Original text: "Fish Scale House XiLong Hall, Purple Shell Que Xi Zhu Palace." "Warring States Chu Qu Yuan," Nine Songs, "Hebo"
Ben Zhi Bai Shi
Interpretation: It means that the descendants are prosperous and the hundred generations will not fade.
Original text: "Grandson of King Wen, Ben Zhi Bai Shi." "Poetry Sutra Daya Wen Wang"
Break fresh ground
Interpretation: Fresh face: new face. The original meaning was that the portraits of the heroes in the Ling Yan Pavilion had faded, and they only appeared to be alive after being repainted by General Cao Ba. Metaphors create a new form or situation.
Original text: "Ling Yan heroes have few colors, and the general writes a new face." "Tang DuFu's Danqing Poems"
There is no such thing as a world
Interpretation: Heaven and Earth: Realm. The metaphor has a different realm. Describing the realm of landscape or artistic creation is fascinating.
Original text: "The peach blossoms are flowing away, and there is no heaven and earth." "Tang Li Baishi's "Questions and Answers in the Mountains"
Curling Autumn Moon
Interpretation: Curling: A jade pot with water, metaphorically white. The parable is white and clear. Mostly refers to the character of people.
Original text: "The cloth shirt is as dark as a turtle, and it does not harm the curling to store the autumn moon." "Song Sushi's "Gift to Pan Gu"
Ice muscle jade bone
Definition: Ice: Crystalline. The muscles and bones are like ice jade. Describes a woman's skin as clean and smooth.
Original text: "Ice muscle jade bone is clear without sweat, and the water temple wind comes to the dark incense warm." "Hou Shu Meng Chang," "Ice Muscle Jade Bone Qing No Sweat"
Ice and snow are smart
Interpretation: The metaphor is that people are intelligent and intelligent.
Original text: "Ice and snow net smart, thunder go elite." "Tang DuFu's "Sending Fan Twenty-Three Attendants to the Judges of Hanzhong"
Candlelight night tour
Interpretation: Walking at night with candles in hand. It means that life is short and should be happy in time.
Original text: "The days are short and the nights are long, so why not swim with candles." "Nineteen Ancient Poems"
Eclectic
Definition: Restraint: Limitation; Grid: Specification, Method. Not limited to one specification or one pattern.
Original text: "I advise Tiangong to shake things up and demote talents in an eclectic manner." "Qing Gong Zizhen's Miscellaneous Poems of Self-Hai"
Can't look back
Interpretation: Kan: tolerable; looking back: recalling, recalling. It means that when you think about things in the past, you will feel pain and can't bear to remember them.
Original text: "When is the spring flower and autumn moon, how much do you know about the past." Xiao Lou had another east wind last night, and the homeland could not look back at the middle of the moon. "Nan Tang Li Yu", "Yu Meiren"
Hopeless
Interpretation: Medicine: Medication. The illness has become so severe that it cannot be treated with medicine. The parable has reached the point where it cannot be saved.
Original text: "Bandit my words, er use melancholy." More will be extinct, incorrigible. "The Book of Poetry, Daya, Plate"
Worthy of the leak
Interpretation: Shame: Shame; Roof leak: The place where small tents were placed in the northwest corner of the ancient interior. The original meaning was that although it was in the Jongmyo Temple, it was not ashamed. The latter parable does not do bad things even in secret, does not have bad thoughts.
Original text: "Xiang in the Er room, not worthy of the leak." "The Book of Poetry, Daya, ora"
Groaning
Interpretation: Deep groaning: deep contemplation, extended to hesitation; determination: determination. Describe people who encounter difficulties and decide not to settle down.
Original text: "Groaning indecisively, ascending to heaven." "Three Kingdoms, Wei Cao Cao, "Autumn Hu Xing"
Morning bell twilight drum
Interpretation: Refers to the sound of bells and drums in the temple that announce the morning and evening. Metaphors that can make people wake up to the truth also describe the passage of time.
The original text: "The morning bell twilight drum can not be heard, and the lonely cloud of the bright moon hangs on to the love." "Don Lee Ham uses "In the Mountains"
The chan (chen) is like a disease
Interpretation: Bacillus: Fever. The heart is irritated and dizzy. Describe sorrow as a disease.
Original text: "The sorrow of the heart is like a disease." "Shijing, Xiaoya Xiaoben"
After one's heart
Interpretation: weighing: conforming; weighing the heart: conforming to wishes. Intention: Wish, wish. Describe the contentment, the development of things is exactly in line with the heart.
Original text: "Satisfactory, how old is the rest of the world?" "Song Zhu Dunru's "Gratitude to the Emperor"
Brace your stomach
Interpretation: Bracing: full; 拄: Support Describe the contents of the abdomen with a lot of things, and the intestines are full.
Original text: "Support the intestines and stomachs, build blocks like hills, and you can die and do not steal." "Don Lu Tong, "Lunar Eclipse"
Punish the soup
Definition: Soup: a soup made of meat, vegetables, etc.; 齑: a finely cut cold meat dish. If you are scalded by hot soup, you must also blow it when you eat it. Parables have been taught to be too careful when things go wrong.
Original text: "Punish the spoon and blow the whistle, why not change this zhiye." "Warring States Chu Qu Yuan," Chu Ci, Nine Chapters, And Recitation
Wait for the moon west wing
Interpretation: Refers to a lover's private date.
Original text: "When the west wing of the moon is down, the windward household is half open." The shadow of the flowers on the wall moved, and it was suspected that the jade people came. "Tang Yuanshu," "The Three And Five Nights of the Moon"
Danfeng Chaoyang
Interpretation: Dan Feng: Bird name. The Dan phoenix is always facing the sun. It is a metaphor for talented people who can develop their ambitions in an era of political clarity.
Original text: "Phoenix Mingyi, Yu Bigaogang." Sycamore is born, and the sun rises in the air. "The Book of Verses, Daya, Scroll A"
The well of The Snow Plug
Interpretation: Pick snow to fill the well. The parable is futile.
The original text: "You don't see the snow plugging the well empty, and the cooking sand is not enough to eat." "Don Gu Situation", "Difficult to Walk"
Single handed
Interpretation: The parable of acting alone or alone.
The original text: "Soldiers scattered bows and destroyed Tiger Wei, single-handedly breaking through the siege." "Wudai Chu Wang Zun "Wujiang"
Be bold
Interpretation: Describe boldness, ambition, and fearlessness.
Original text: "In the boat, Liang Xi wine, bold and ambitious to choose the front hand." "Ming Du Rui," "The First Time I Heard the Song of the Lamp Boat"
Overnight
Interpretation: Dan: morning; sunset: evening. Between morning and evening, described in a very short time.
Original text: "When the reed is sewn, it will be done overnight." "Han Le Fu folk song "Jiao Zhongqing's Wife"
Butterfly pink bee yellow
Interpretation: Refers to the ancient women's powder face yellow, makeup beauty.
Original text: "Where to whisk the chest to the butterfly powder, when to paint the forehead through the bee yellow." "Tang Li Shangyin's "Reward Cui Eight Morning Plums Have Gifts and Shows"
Go east and west
Interpretation: Running around. Most refers to running around for a certain purpose forced by life or for a certain purpose.
The original text: "Even after years of service, friendship is broad, running east and west, and water is sent to the mountains." Yuan Wei Chu's "Qinyuan Chun Farewell Zhang Zhou Qingyun"
A thousand rides in the East
Interpretation: The old refers to the woman's Ruyi Langjun.
Original text: "More than a thousand horses in the East, the husband and wife are on top." "Han Lefu "Mo Shang Sang"
The east wind shoots the horse's ear
Interpretation: Shoot: Shoot out. The parable treats the words of others as the wind in their ears, deaf and indifferent.
Original text: "In the north window of the poetry, a glass of water is not straight." The world hears that they all turn around, like the east wind shooting at the horse's ear. "Tang Li Bai's "Answer to the King's Twelve Cold Nights drinking alone"
East to west
Interpretation: The parable takes care of one thing and loses the other. I also described too many bad habits, corrected this point, and that point emerged again.
Original text: "Laughing and killing hibiscus hedges can endure things, and the east helps the west to pour wild fermentation ether." Song Yang Wanli's "Over nandang"
East to west
Interpretation: From the east, to the west. Describe people coming and going, not knowing each other.
The original text: "People from east to west are thin, and they do not reduce road dust for Qingyang." "Don Lee Shangyin," Closing the Door Willow
East Laurie
Interpretation: Berau: Bird name. It is a metaphor for lovers and friends parting, and it is also a metaphor for fellow travelers from different directions.
Original text: "Dongfei Berausi Feiyan, Huanggu Weaver Girl when they met." Song Guo Maoqian's "Lefu Poetry Collection, Ancient Words, Dongfei Berau Song"
Bucket turned to be crossed
Interpretation: Dou: Big Dipper; Samson: Betelgeuse, refers to the constellation of Orion. The Big Dipper turns, and the stars strike horizontally. Refers to when the sky is almost dawn.
Original text: "The moon is not involved, and the Big Dipper is dry." "Three Kingdoms, Wei Cao Cao, "Good Deeds"
Cardamom years
Definition: Bean leaf: Perennial herb, metaphorical virgin. Refers to a woman who is thirteen or fourteen years old.
Original text: "Lou Lou Yuanyuan more than thirteen, cardamom head in early February." "Don Du Mu's "Farewell"
Leave the room alone
Interpretation: The original meaning means that a woman is not accompanied by her husband. Modern times have been escaped, which can mean loneliness, no one to accompany, and there is no gender restriction on the subject in usage.
Original text: "The prodigal son does not return, and it is difficult to stay alone in the empty bed." "Nineteen Ancient Poems"
Flying books
Interpretation: Write documents quickly.
Original text: "Embroidered mink Qiu Ming snow, flying books like a fluttering wind." "Tang Li Bai's "Sending Liu Er's Attendant and Lonely Judge to the Anxi Shogunate"
Not pro-family
Interpretation: Not a relative, not an acquaintance. Indicates that there is nothing to do with each other.
Original text: "Peiyu and Zhenjin, neither relatives nor reasons." Don Maday's "Sending Jia Island"
Heart of bandits
Interpretation: The parable is unwavering.
Original text: "My heart is a stone, and I can't turn it." "Poetry Classic, Shao Feng, Bai Zhou"
Split the strip
Interpretation: The plutonium is separated and the belt is broken. A metaphor for the parting of a husband and wife.
Original text: "Self-pity breaks the day, and hates the time of separation." "Southern Dynasty Liang Lu Cover 'Grievances'
Winds whirlwind clouds
Interpretation: The wind swept away the remnants of the clouds. The metaphor swept away what was left.
Original text: "The wind swept the clouds and the snow was clear, and the red smoke washed away the willow lightly." "Tang Rongyu's Ji Xue"
Gone through the ages
Interpretation: Refers to the fact that the elegance has been passed down for a long time.
Original text: "The wind and currents, a momentary character, good to remember the former words of honor." "Song Li Liuqian's "Qingyu Case"
Merry characters
Interpretation: Refers to a handsome, outstanding person who has a great influence on an era. Sometimes it also refers to people who behave or are used to flirting.
Original text: "The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the characters of the ages are flowing." "Song SuShi," Nian Nu Jiao Chibi Huaigu
The wind and clouds are scattered
Interpretation: Flow and spread out like the wind and clouds. The metaphorical people who are together are scattered in all directions.
Original text: "The wind and clouds are scattered, and it is like rain." "Three Kingdoms, Wei Wang Yue, "Gift to Cai Zi Du"
In smooth water
Interpretation: Refers to no wind and waves. The metaphor is calm and uneventful.
Original text: "The wind and waves are calm and do not produce wrinkles, and the water surface is as muddy as a mirror." Song Yang Wanli's "Bo Guangkou"
Wind and rain on the bed
Interpretation: Refers to the joy of brothers or relatives and friends reuniting after a long time apart and sharing a room to talk.
Original text: "I would rather know the wind and snow night, and sleep in bed again." "Tang Wei Yingwu's "Show the True Yuanchang"
Raise your hands high
Interpretation: The other party's hand can be raised a little higher to make people pass. Indicates a polite term for requesting forgiveness or accommodation.
Original text: "I can raise my hand high in the current affairs, and I can take care of people's feelings and slightly brush my head." Song Shaoyong's Yichuan Kik Ji Xie Ning Temple
Set the world to rights
Interpretation: High: High: Deep; Wide: Broad. Mostly, there is a lot of talk on the margins.
Original text: "If there is no one to talk about, it is a pity that Ming Jun does not meet the truth." "Tang Lüyan's Huizong Zhaihui"
Eloquence
Interpretation: It means that the rhetoric is high and broad, and the debate is fully powerful. Describe eloquently.
Original text: "Jiao Sui WuDou Fang Zhuoran, high eloquence and surprise four feasts." "Tang Du Fu's Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking"
Talk about Yabu
Interpretation: Talking high: Talking widely and unrestrained; Yabu: Elegant manners. Talk uninhibitedly and behave elegantly.
Original text: "Bare-cart and horse tour of the capital city, talk about Yabu He Yingying." "Jin Lu Ji's "Centennial Song"
Singing warblers and dancing swallows
Interpretation: The song is like a yellow warbler, and the dance is light like a flying swallow. It is also described as pleasant scenery and good situation.
Original text: "Smoke red dew green dawn breeze fragrance, swallow dance warbler cry long spring day." "Song Sushi's "Jin quilt pavilion"
Also composed: Song and Swallow Dance
Radiant
Interpretation: Describe the brilliance and shine into the distance.
Original text: "Li Du's article is in, and the flame is long." "Tang Hanyu's "Tuning Zhang Book"
Ghost tricks
Interpretation: Ghost Sting: Insidious and harmful things; tricks: tricks, means. The parable is a despicable means of sinister intentions and secretly hurting people.
Original text: "For the ghost is the stinger, then it is not obtained." "Poetry Sutra, Xiaoya He Rensi"
The fragrance of cinnamon is wafting
Interpretation: Refers to the opening of osmanthus flowers before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, emitting a sweet fragrance.
Original text: "The moon of guizi falls in the middle of the moon, and the heavenly fragrance floats outside the clouds." Tang Songzhi asked "Lingyin Temple"
Gong Gong Gong
Interpretation: Gungun: One after the other. Old refers to bureaucrats in high positions who do nothing.
Original text: "Zhu Gong Gong Gong ascended to the stage of the province, and Mr. Guangwen was a lone official. "Tang Du Fu's "Song when drunk"
The pace of the country is difficult
Interpretation: National Pace: The Fate of the Nation. The country is in danger.
Original text: "There is mourning, and the national pace is frequent." "The Book of Poetry, Daya Sangrou"
Confidant in the sea, the end of the world is like a neighbor
Interpretation: There are confidants and friends in the world, even if they are far away, they feel as close as neighbors.
Original text: "Confidant in the sea, the end of the world is like a neighbor." Nothing is wrong, and the children are together. "Tang Wang Bo," "Ren Shuzhou of Du Shaofu"
Plight one's faith
Interpretation: Oath, Covenant: Oath, Covenant. Swear by the mountains and the sea; make a covenant. It means to be as eternal as the mountains and the sea. Mostly refers to the vows made when men and women love each other, and love should be as eternal as mountains and seas.
Original text: "Don't cry a little, the sea oath mountain alliance is always credit." "Song Xin Abandoned Disease, Nanxiangzi Gift prostitute"
Cold Flower Evening Festival
Interpretation: Cold flowers: hardy flowers and flowers that bloom in winter; late festivals: festivals in later years. The late feast of the parable man is still noble and unstained.
Original text: "Although I am ashamed of the autumn appearance of the old garden, and look at the yellow flowers and the evening fragrance." "Song Han Qi's Nine Days Water Pavilion"