North frog and South yuan
North frog, South yuan, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ě izh é n á NYU á n, which means the opposite of action and purpose. It comes from Xu Jingzhai's Ming Sutra.
Idiom explanation
① I want to go south but drive north. Metaphorical behavior and purpose are opposite. ② The car comes from north to south. It means that there is no fixed trace of people's behavior.
source
See "Beiyuan Shichu". For decades, when you see something, you can borrow money or make a draft. Lu Yitian's lenglu Zazhi Xu Jingzhai Mingjing in Qing Dynasty
Discrimination of words
[pinyin code]: bzny [synonym]: opposite
usage
It is the opposite of action and purpose
North frog and South yuan
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