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
add a hundred practical hints and a thousand salutary warnings - qiān dīng wàn zhǔ
resort to stopgap measure detrimental to one 's long-term interest - wān ròu yī chuāng
Moving subjects and chasing guests - qiān chén zhú kè
repent thoroughly of one's misdeeds - tòng gǎi qián fēi
a fox-fur robe with lambskin sleeves - hú qiú gāo xiù
Two peaches kill three scholars - èr táo shā sān shì