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Time: 2022-01-30 23:28:44 Author: ChinaWiki.net

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As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NJ ī Nb ā Ili ǎ ng, which means to describe excessive care. From a dream of Red Mansions.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: magnanimous

Idiom usage

I don't want to say that I should ask my uncle to go to Washington if he has any relatives or friends. The 15th chapter of biography of children heroes by Wen Kang in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

The 45th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "true clay legged bachelor, he is good at abacus and split the weight."

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