Gao xiangyuanyin
Gao xiangyuanyin, a Chinese idiom, whose pinyin is g ā oxi á ngyu ǎ NY ǐ n, describes seclusion. It comes from Han Kong Rong's book on Sheng Xiaozhang with Cao Cao.
The origin of Idioms
Han Kong Rong's book of discussing Sheng Xiaozhang with Cao Cao: "if Guo Kai, the envoy, hangs upside down and the king is puzzled, and if Wang fails to save himself when he is drowning, the scholar will also lead Gao Xiang far away. There is no one who leads the way to Yan in the North."
Idiom usage
To live in seclusion
Examples
It would be a pity for a talent like you to ~.
Analysis of Idioms
Gao xiangyuanzhu
Gao xiangyuanyin
adopt good advice from all quarters - bó cǎi zhòng yì
All changes are inseparable from their ancestors - wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng
a dog trying to catch mice -- too meddlesome - gǒu ná hào zǐ