Hold on to lead
Baokua huaixian, a Chinese idiom, is a Pinyin of B à oqi à nhu á IQI à n, which means diligent in writing and collation. It's from Xie Liangfu Sanqi.
The origin of Idioms
Shen Zun of the Song Dynasty wrote three revelations in Xie Liangfu: "however, if you hold the head and the head, you can get in and out of Chengming's office; if you hold the head and the head, you can get in and out of Taiwei's court."
Analysis of Idioms
Holding the lead
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive; of writing
Hold on to lead
infer the whole matter after hearing but one point - wén yī zhī shí
strike an attitude of half-declining and half-accepting so as to provoke the other party to greater or more ardent efforts or to a more agreeable offer - bàn tuī bàn jiù
Break the paper and save the ink - duàn zhǐ yú mò