sit side by side and talk intimately

sit side by side and talk intimately

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ù x ī t á nx ī n, which means that the ancients sat on the ground, or sat on the bed, when two people sat face to face, the knees were close to each other, which is called knee promotion. To talk intimately to one's heart. It comes from the story of lanyuntai written by Tian Ying of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Tian Ying, Tang Dynasty, wrote in the story of lanyuntai: "that is to say, there are friends, but there are more than ten intimate friends. When they come, they will have a heart to heart talk. They are all sages and sages. They dare not talk about different things."

Idiom usage

According to my brother's humble opinion, this room is too spacious. If I want to borrow zunzhai, I only need a table of wine, and the four of us can have a heart to heart conversation. The tenth chapter of scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] sleeping at night