The family of Chujiu

The family of Chujiu

Chujiuzhiqi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Chu ī Ji ù zh ī Q ī, meaning bereavement of wife. It comes from dream of Youyang Zazu by Duan Chengshi of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom information

[idiom] Chujiu Zhiqi [phonetic notation] Chu ī Ji ù zh ī Q ī [explanation] meaning [usage] as the object; refers to the loss of wife [structure] partial formal [age] Ancient [synonym] Chujiu pain [rhyme words] daily management, vulgarity, servility, two and one, bone carving, unrestrained, reflect on the past, social harmony, unrestrained, wantonly attack

The origin of Idioms

Jia Ke Zhang Zhan will return, dream cooking in mortar, asked Wang Sheng. Sheng said: "when you return, you will not see your wife. If you cook in a mortar, there is no kettle. " When Jia Ke arrived home, his wife Guo died several months ago. There is no cauldron in Duan Chengshi's Youyang Zazu · dream in Tang Dynasty.

Idiom story

Once upon a time, Zhang Zhan, a businessman, went out to do business for a long time. On the evening when he was about to go home, he cooked a meal in a rice pounding vessel. When he was surprised, he asked Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng explained his dream and said, "when you go home, if you don't see your wife, you'll call it ChuZhong cooking - no cauldron. Maybe your wife has passed away." When Zhang Zhan returned home, his wife had been dead for several months.

Examples of Idioms

Your brother is too officious to bow. I heard that he had a Chujiu family. Li Dongyang's book with Gu Tianxi in Ming Dynasty