Mending the gap

Mending the gap

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ǔ Qu ē D ē ngq í ng, which means there is no lamp holder, using people as lamp holder, satirizing men's fear of being inside. It comes from the strange biography of Qing Dynasty by Tao Gu of Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

A man is afraid of the inside

The origin of Idioms

"Li Dazhuang, a Confucianist in Jizhou, was afraid to subdue Xiaojun. If he didn't comply with his orders, he ordered him to sit upright and make a bun. The lamp bowl in Zhong'an burned the light. Dazhuang held his breath and held his body. He was like a dead wood and a puppet. He called it" mending the gap of lanterns. "

Idiom explanation

Que: lack; Deng: light frame. There is no lamp holder, so people are used as lamp holders. In the old days, it was ironic that men were afraid of the inside.