Hold on to the key

Hold on to the key

Baoguan zhikey, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à Ogu à nzh í Yu è, which means to hold the latch and take the key; it refers to the position of a petty official in charge of the gate. It comes from the Xie edition of the prefect of Bajun.

The idiom comes from the Xie edition of the governor of Bajun written by Cai Yong of Han Dynasty: "it's not a long time for a minister to know that he has a heavy responsibility. This month, Ding Chou, a chapter of his own news, begged his head to hold the key, but he didn't want to record the Fu very green, so he was granted a thousand li. "