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All the lights are dry

Time: 2022-01-30 22:44:28 Author: ChinaWiki.net

All the lights are dry

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is d ē NGJ ì NY ó UG ā n, which means that when the lights are out, the lamp oil is used up; it means that people's energy or financial resources are used up. It's from stone point: Wang Benli seeks his father at the end of the world.

The origin of Idioms

Ming Dynasty natural wise old man "stone point · Wang Benli seeks father in the end of the earth" said: "people who always have land must keep the lamp dry."

Idiom usage

To be complete is to be complete. example with anxiety day and night and depression in the chest, once you go to sleep, your spirit is lax, just like the lamp is full of oil. If you want to gather Qi and spirit, how can you? The twenty seventh chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty

All the lights are dry


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