far apart

far apart

Cunmu cenlou, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ù nm ù C é NL ó u, which means the ratio of an inch long wood to a high-rise building with a sharp roof. The original meaning is that the height can not be compared if the starting point is different, and the comparison of weight must be the same. Later, there is a great gap between the two metaphors. It's from Mencius, the second part of Gaozi.

Notes on Idioms

Cenlou, a tall and sharp building.

The origin of Idioms

According to Mencius · Gaozi Xia, "if you don't guess the origin, you can make a square inch of wood higher than the cenlou."

Idiom usage

It means improper analogy. What's more, it's different from cunmu, cenlou, hook and gold. In Ming Dynasty, Hu Yinglin's shisou, Volume IV, Tang Dynasty, and Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi's Sishu Jizhu: "if you don't take the level of the bottom, and raise Cun wood above cenlou, Cun wood will be higher, cenlou will be lower."

Idiom story

A Ren Guo man asked Wu Luzi, a student of Mencius, which important question was etiquette or food. Wu Luzi replied casually, "etiquette is important.". Ren then asked, "which is the most important thing between marriage and propriety?" Wuluzi replied, "courtesy is still important." Then, the Ren said solemnly, "if you follow those etiquette to find food, you may starve or even die; if you don't follow those etiquette to find food, there may be food. Under such circumstances, is it necessary to act according to the etiquette? Moreover, if we follow the principle of welcoming the bride, we can't get a wife; if we don't follow the principle of welcoming the bride, we can get a wife. Do we still have to accept the principle of welcoming the bride? " Wuluzi did not answer this question. The next day, he went to the state of Zou and told his teacher Mencius. After listening, Mencius said, "what's the difficulty in answering this question? If you do not speculate whether the height of the base is consistent, then an inch of small wood may also be higher than the top of the tall building. It is said that gold is heavier than feathers, but how can it be said that gold over three yuan is heavier than a cart of feathers? Compared with the details of etiquette, the importance of eating is more than the importance of eating? Compared with the details of ceremony, the importance of marriage is more than the importance of marriage? You go and answer him like this: "if you break your brother's arm and take his food, you will have something to eat; if you don't break it, you won't get anything to eat. Will he go and break it? If you cross the east wall and hug a woman, you will get a wife. If you don't hug her, you won't get a wife. Will he hug her? "