as the shadow follows the form
The Chinese idiom, R ú y ǐ ngsu í x í ng, means that the shadow always follows the body. It means that two things are closely related or two people are closely related and cannot be separated. It comes from Guan Zi Ren FA written by Guan Zhong in the pre Qin period.
The origin of Idioms
"Guanzi · Renfa" says: "however, the matter under the background is also like the response of the voice; the subject of the minister is also like the shadow's obedience to the form." In Shuo yuan · Jun Dao written by Liu Xiang of Han Dynasty, it is said that "the response of heaven to human beings is like the shadow following the shape, and the effect of the sound is the same."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, object, attributive and clause; it has a close relationship with adjective; it can be used as an example; good and evil are obvious. (the seventy first chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)
as the shadow follows the form
be unable to plan out one 's day - zhāo bù móu xī
my ability is unequal to the given task , for you cannot use a short rope to draw water from a deep weel - gěng duǎn jí shēn
The public says that the public is reasonable, and the old woman says that the old woman is reasonable - gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ,pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ