true friendship

true friendship

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ǔ Ji ù zh ī Ji ā o, which means making friends regardless of wealth and status. It comes from the biography of Wu you in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Pestle: wooden stick for pounding rice; mortar: stone mortar.

The origin of Idioms

In the Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Fan Ye's biography of Wu you in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "Gong Shamu came to visit the Imperial Academy, and he had no money for food, but he became a servant for you. You and Yu were very surprised, so they decided to join the pestle and mortar together. "

Idiom usage

Example recalling Qianlong's recommendation of Hongbo to the capital by Bingchen, we met Zhang Jun, a young man of beauty, at zhaohengshan's academic office, who was a famous advisor, and made friends with each other. Supplement to Suiyuan Shihua (Volume 6) by Yuan Mei in Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shandong Jiaodong scholar Gong Shamu lived in seclusion in donglaishan to study. In order to raise funds for his study, he put on coarse clothes and went to the family of Wu you, the chief of Chenliu County, to work as a rice hustling laborer. Seeing his extraordinary conversation, Mr. Wu made friends with him and supported him to continue his study. Later, gongshamu became a righteous official with great achievements.