have a large family

have a large family

The original meaning is that there are too many children to line up. Line up: line up. Later, it was used to describe many children, and words were used to praise.

essential information

[entry] children and women travel together [source] in Du Fu's a gift to eight guards, Tang Dynasty: "in the past, when you were not married, your children suddenly travel together."

Analysis of Idioms

Children can be arranged in a row. There are many children. [commonly used degree] commonly used [emotional color] commendatory word [grammatical usage] as predicate and attribute; describing many children [idiom structure] subject predicate form [generation time] Ancient

Idioms and allusions

Wang Dao, the Prime Minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was biased against Cai Chong, a famous scholar at that time, and said in front of others that he did not know who Cai Chong was. In order to prove that Cai Chong is really not famous, he also said: "when I was playing with Wang Anqi and Ruan Qianli at the edge of Luoshui, where did I hear about CAI Chong?" * why did Wang Dao despise Cai Chong so much? The reason for that is very impressive. Wang's wife, Mrs. Cao, is very shrewd. Sometimes she even exposes Wang's shortcomings in front of the guests. Wang is very afraid of her. Mrs. Cao was very worried about her husband's falling in love with other women, so she strictly monitored him and did not give him the opportunity to get close to other women. Whenever she saw the beautiful women around Wang Dao, she would scold them regardless of the occasion. She didn't get rid of them until she forced them away. However, Wang Dao loves women. Whenever he meets a beautiful woman, he must find a way to take her as a concubine. He hated his wife's control over him. In order not to be found by his wife, he built a house outside, in which he raised many concubines and gave birth to many children. He kept it from Mrs. Cao all the time, but there is no airtight wall in the world. Mrs. Cao finally found out about it. She sent a carriage to catch these concubines. when director Wang heard the news, he was very anxious. Because he couldn't find a horse temporarily, he rode a cow to chase the carriage. As a result, he made a lot of jokes all the way. Cai Chong once satirized Wang Dao with this incident, so Wang Dao always hated him.