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sit with the light in one 's hand till morning

Time: 2022-01-30 21:16:52 Author: ChinaWiki.net

sit with the light in one 's hand till morning

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à ngzh ú D à ID à n, which means to hold a lighted candle in the morning until dawn. From Chen Tuan Gao wo.

Analysis of Idioms

Sit and wait

The origin of Idioms

The fourth fold of "Chen Tuan Gao Wo" by Ma Zhiyuan in Yuan Dynasty: "what a Mr. Gu Pai, it's still the wall, the clothes, the bed, the candlelight!"

Idiom usage

He is in a state of urgency. Qu Shifu was so happy that he ordered the rest of the veterans to drink and spend the night grinding the empty city with Zhang Tong. (Chapter 14 of the biography of Zhang Juzheng by Zhu Dongrun) Chapter 25 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty: "Guan Gong stands outdoors with a candle in his hand. He reaches the dawn at night without any tiredness."

sit with the light in one 's hand till morning


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