ransack boxes and chests
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ā nxi āǎ NGD ǎ oqi è, which means to turn the boxes and cabinets upside down. Describe a thorough review. It's from Wu Jianren's strange situation witnessed in 20 years in Qing Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym rummage
The origin of Idioms
The comprador on the ship, relying on the influence of foreigners, went through the search again. At this time, I don't know if there is anything lost. (the fourth chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation)
Idiom usage
It's a complete search, but it's still a rummage, and there's no trace. Lu Xun's preface to the book of two places
ransack boxes and chests
be like a dry tree which again sprouts leaves in the spring - kū mù féng chūn
Destroy the nest and destroy the egg - fù cháo huǐ luǎn
the purple air comes from the east -- a propitious omen - zǐ qì dōng lái