A letter of confidence

A letter of confidence

Baozhu Zhixin, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à ozh à x à n, which means to stick to the letter. It's from Zhuangzi's stealing Zhi.

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's stealing feet: "Wei Sheng and the woman expect to live under the beam. If the woman doesn't come, the water will not go, and she will die holding the beam."

Idiom usage

Keep one's word. Examples Yu Biyun's selected interpretation of Ci Poetry in Tang, Five Dynasties and two Song Dynasties: long guarding Wei Sheng's letter of holding a pillar, reducing Shen Lang's girdle and expressing his true feelings. The sixth chapter of Hui Qiyuan's "graceful Ci" and "historical records - biographies of Su Qin": "the letter is like the end of life, and the woman is under the beam. If the woman does not come, the water will not go, and she will die holding the pillar." Tang Libai's poem "a long journey of cadres" says: "if you always hold a pillar, you can't go to the watchtower."