Go out and pour

Go out and pour

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B à ow è ngch à Gu à n, which means to irrigate with a water urn in your arms. It is a metaphor for more effort and less effect. From Chuang Tzu, heaven and earth.

Idiom usage

To be content with the present situation

Analysis of Idioms

Close synonym: baoweng Guanyuan

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi · heaven and earth: "dig a tunnel into the well, hold the urn out of the irrigation."

Idiom explanation

Hold the urn to irrigate. It is a metaphor for more effort and less effect.