look for a noble steed to correspond with the one drawn

look for a noble steed to correspond with the one drawn

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is à NT ú Su à J à n, which means to seek a good horse according to a picture. It refers to sticking to the rules and seeking clues. It comes from the biography of Mei Fu in the history of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Mei Fu in the book of Han Dynasty, "it is clear that we do not follow the way of Bo today, but we want to choose the people of that time by the method of three generations' election. We can still observe Bo Le's plan and seek Qi and Ji in the city, but we can't get them."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: follow a picture to find a way

Idiom usage

It refers to seeking examples according to clues. Although Xu is in charge of the book, he can only follow the picture. Song Zhoumi's the sequel of GUI Xin's miscellaneous knowledge: selling Que and Shen Guanren