meaning grasped imageries forgotten
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d é y à w à ngxi à ng, meaning to take its spirit and ignore its form. It comes from the Tang Dynasty Liang Su's Zhi Guan Tong Yi.
The origin of Idioms
Liang Su of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his Zhiguan Tongyi: "if you are not smart and profound, you will forget your image. Who can know?"
Idiom usage
In the past, people were deeper than painters, and the position of their self forgetting pictographs could not be observed frequently. Song · Huang Bosi's Dong Guan Yu Lun · travel pictures of Tang people collected by bateng Ziji
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym get carried away
meaning grasped imageries forgotten
a remarkable place produces outstanding people - dì líng rén jié
Stir up the clouds and stir up the rain - liáo yún bō yǔ