Hold the pass and hold the key

Hold the pass and hold the key

Baoguan Zhilong, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à Ogu à nzh í Yu è, which means holding the bolt and the key. It refers to the position of a minor official in a prison. It comes from the Xie edition of the prefect of Bajun.

The origin of Idioms

Cai Yong of the Han Dynasty wrote in the Xie edition of the governor of Bajun: "it's not a long time for a minister to learn to accept words. This month, Ding Chou heard about himself in a chapter. He begged his head to hold Guan Zhihe, but he didn't want to record that Fu was very green, and he was granted a thousand li. "

Idiom usage

As a predicate or object; used of a minor official.