be down-to-earth
Chinese idioms, Pinyin y í NGK ē h ò UJ ì n, Chinese words, meaning that the spring water meets the pothole, to be full before it continues to flow forward; metaphor learning should be implemented step by step, not just empty name. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius · lilouxia: "fountainhead hun hun, never give up day and night, Yingke and backward, open to the world."
Idiom usage
For study and work.
be down-to-earth
the fallen grass and sinking cesspool - zhuì yīn luò hùn
keep on repeating at great length - lián piān lěi dú
beautiful verses in an embroidered purse -- good poems - jǐn náng jiā zhì
people who are good at drinking and writing poetry - jiǔ hǔ shī lóng
devote oneself heart and soul to - zhuān xīn zhì zhì
all the malpractices have been abolished - fēng qīng bì jué