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An inch is worth an inch

Time: 2022-01-30 22:02:56 Author: ChinaWiki.net

An inch is worth an inch

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ch ǐ C ù NK ě Q ǔ. It refers to some advantages. It is a modest saying that you think you have talent. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty.

Interpretation of Idioms

Metaphor has many advantages. It's a modest way of saying that you have talent.

The origin of Idioms

The eighty third chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty: "those who are entrusted with heavy responsibilities by the Lord today, because I have an inch to take, and can bear humiliation and burden, so it is."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; as a modest word. example everyone has something to go for.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: good for nothing, good for nothing

An inch is worth an inch


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