Pull the cart together

Pull the cart together

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is g ò NGW ǎ NL ù ch ē. In the old days, it praised that husband and wife were united and happy in poverty. It comes from the biography of Bao Xuan's wife in the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Bao Xuan's wife in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "my wife is the one who knows how to dress for the royal family, wears short cloth clothes, and goes home with Xuan in a chariot."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: the deer and the cart pull together

Idiom usage

Their husband and wife drove back to their hometown together.

Idiom story

The wife of Bao Xuan, a Bohai native, has the surname Huan and the name Shaojun. Bao Xuan once followed Shaojun's father to study. Shaojun's father was surprised at Bao Xuan's ability to live in poverty, so he married his daughter to him and gave him a lot of dowries. Not happy, Bao Xuan said to Shaojun, "you were born in a rich family. You are used to wearing good clothes and beautiful ornaments, but my family is very poor. I'm afraid we are not suitable." Shaojun said, "my father asked me to serve you because he was virtuous and kept his promise. Since you flatter your husband, you should be obedient. " Bao Xuan said with a smile: "this is my ambition." His wife took off her clothes and put on coarse cloth clothes. She took the deer cart to the village with Bao Xuan. She thanks the elder of Bao family and went out to fetch water with the urn. She was a new daughter-in-law and praised the country.