The current is short

The current is short

Flying short is a Chinese idiom, pronounced f ē Ili ú Du ǎ NCH á ng, which means spreading rumors and slandering others.

Idiom explanation

Flying and flowing: spreading; short and long: right and wrong, good and evil. Spreading rumors and slandering others.

Idioms and allusions

Shen Yazhi of the Tang Dynasty wrote a preface to sending Han Beizhu to Jiangxi: "therefore, there is flattery and slander with small volume, which is destroyed by the foundation. In the neighboring areas, it is more effective to smile, and the flow is short and the world hears it." It is also called "flying short and flowing long". In Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio, Feng Sanniang: "I'll be a secret. It's too short and too long for those who make trouble. " Lu Xun's collection of letters to Li Bingzhong: "I have been arrested because of the rumors."