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Mr. Dong Zao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō NGH ō ngxi ā NSH ē ng, which means the stupid and shallow intellectuals. From Tang Zhiyan.

The origin of Idioms

The eighth volume of Tang Zhiyan written by Wang Dingbao in the Five Dynasties: "the chief executive's mind is too warm, and he mistook Yan Biao for Duke Lu."

Idiom usage

Lu Xun's Hua Gai Ji is not idle talk (3): "all year round, people in Sanjia village come to teach village children in the morning and at night."

Idiom story

During the Tang Dynasty, Mr. Zheng Xun, the chief examiner, saw Yan Biao's paper when he was marking it. He looked at it and thought that there was nothing special about it. He thought that Yan Biao was a descendant of Yan Zhenqing and that this loyal descendant should be the number one scholar. On the day of Shane's death, Zheng Xun found that he had mistaken Yan Biao. Later, people commented: "the chief manager's mind is too warm, and he mistook Yan Biao for Duke Lu."