A thorn in the side

A thorn in the side

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is C ì g ǔ Xu á NLI á ng, which means studying hard. The main characters of the two stories are Sun Jing, a Confucian master in the Han Dynasty, and Su Qin, a famous statesman in the Warring States period. It comes from Qin CE Yi.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonyms] hanging on a beam and reading at night by holding a candle [antonyms] no learning and no skill [Tongyun CI] selfishness makes the eyes blind, count the white and talk about the yellow, and the family is burdened with thousands of money. Sitting still, hunger is attached to others, full and proud, touching the wall, living in name, fickle, miserable, moody, twelve lines of gold and hairpin

The origin of Idioms

"Qin CE I of the Warring States strategy": "(Su Qin) was sleepy when he was reading, leading the cone to stab his own shares."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial to describe diligent study. The book of Han is quoted from the volume 363 of Taiping Yulan: "Sun Jing is a man Bao, eager to learn. He never stops in the morning and night. When he sleeps, he ties his head with a rope and hangs the roof beam." from now on, concentrate on righteousness and offer light, and Yanta struggles to see the surname Yang. In Qing Dynasty, Yuan Yuling's "the story of the West Tower · Jianke" in Qing Dynasty, Yuan Yuling's "the story of the West Tower · the fourth production" in Qing Dynasty: "in a moment, I will open my hearing, and from now on, I will concentrate on making righteousness and offering light. 」

Idioms and allusions

During the Warring States period, there was a famous politician named Su Qin. When I was young, because I didn't have much knowledge, I went to many places and didn't get much attention. After returning home, his family was very indifferent to him and looked down upon him. It's very exciting for him. So he made up his mind to study hard. He often read late into the night, very tired, often dozing, straight want to sleep. So he came up with a way to prepare an awl. As soon as he dozed off, he pricked his thigh with the awl. In this way, suddenly feel pain, make yourself awake, and then insist on reading. This is the story of Su Qin's "stabbing stocks".