hold sb . 's whip and follow his stirrup
A Chinese idiom, pronounced zh í Bi ā NSU í D è ng, means to follow a stirrup with a whip in hand. It means that people are willing to follow because of their admiration. From the Analects of Confucius.
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With a whip in his hand, he followed the stirrup. It means that people are willing to follow because of their admiration.
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In the Analects of Confucius, it is said that "if you are rich, you can ask for it. Even if you are a whip bearer, I will do it." I hope the general will not give up and accept him as a soldier. Sooner or later, he will be willing to die. (the 28th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : zhí biān suí dèng
hold sb . 's whip and follow his stirrup
thump one 's chest and stamp one 's feet. chuí xiōng dùn zú
be in a deplorable plight and powerless. shì qióng lì jié
hate to leave a place where one has lived long. ān tǔ zhòng jiù