Outline
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is g ā NGT í L ǐ ngqi è, which means to use metaphor to grasp the gist. It comes from the preface to Du Shi Ju Yu
The origin of Idioms
Song Lian's preface to Du Shi Ju Yu in the Ming Dynasty: "it's a brief list, a compendium, and it's not to be annotated, but its main purpose is clear."
Idiom usage
Be used as predicate, adverbial or complement
Analysis of Idioms
A brief introduction
Outline
one 's nostrils were assailed by a strange - yì xiāng pū bí
engage in unjust military ventures - dú wǔ qióng bīng