A piece of tile
The Chinese idiom ch à Chu á NPI à NW à in pinyin means that there are few bricks and tiles left after the buildings are damaged. It comes from the reconstruction of Zixiao Temple by Chen Liang of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Chen Liang of the Song Dynasty wrote in the reconstruction of the Zixiao Temple: "stealing flat, no rafters, tile can be shelter. Taoists live on the grass. "
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing
A piece of tile
in the beginning of the heaven and the earth genesis - tiān kāi dì pì
assume an air of self-approbation - yáo tóu bǎi nǎo