fail to show restraint

fail to show restraint

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NGM á NGB ì L ù, which means that the spirit and talent are revealed. It's good to show yourself. From Han Yi Guan.

Idiom explanation

Bilu: completely exposed. Courage and talent are all revealed. It's good to show yourself.

The origin of Idioms

Hua Ershi's Han Yiguan II: "Huang Xiyin explained flatteringly that he wanted to win over this powerful military general by virtue of his teachers and friends and old friendship."

Idioms and allusions

Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in the book of the later Han Dynasty, Yuan Shaochuan: "Zan showed the Xiaoyi, so it made the sharp edge shrink, but the plan failed." Oppenheimer is a top-notch man. Yang Zhenning's Deng Jiaxian (Grade 7, Volume 2, lesson 1) and Hua Ershi's Han Yiguan (2): Huang Xiyin explains flatteringly that he wants to win over this powerful military general by virtue of the origin of his teachers and friends and old friendship the story of the dead rabbit and the cooked dog is also described in the chronicles of the kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Wen Zhong and Fan Li were the two great meritorious officials of Gou Jian, king of Yue, who was able to recover his country and take revenge. At the same time, he wrote a letter to Wen Zhong to persuade him to quit. The reason is that Gou Jian can share his hardship with him, but not his happiness. Wen Zhong is not satisfied with this, and continues to exert his talent. In the end, he was killed for his great achievements. Zhuge Ke: from the romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Ke, the son of Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang's elder brother, is a poor character. When he was young, he showed the characteristics of quick thinking and excellent talent, and everyone thought that his talent surpassed his father Zhuge Jin. Zhugejin is not happy to have such a good son. Instead, he thinks zhugeke will bring misfortune to his family. He thinks zhugeke is impatient, headstrong and likes to show himself too much. Sure enough, Zhuge Ke acted arbitrarily after he came to power, which caused public anger. Finally, he was killed by Sun Liang, the Lord of Wu, and Sun Jun, the Minister of Wu, and his family was destroyed.

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as predicate and attribute; neutral; refers to people who are good at expressing themselves

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: domineering; antonym: secretive