A cold cicada helps a horse

A cold cicada helps a horse

Hanchan Zhangma, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h á NCH á nzh à NGM à, which means like the horse standing at the gate of the Imperial Palace and the cicada in the cold sky, it means that you dare not say a word. It comes from the biography of Du MI in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Guard horse: the horse in the palace guard of honor.

Idioms and allusions

"After the Han Dynasty, Du Mi Zhuan:" and know good not recommend, smell evil speechless, secret cherish oneself, with cicada, this sinner also

Idiom usage

I dare not say a word. In the biography of Li Linfu in the book of the new Tang Dynasty: "are you alone? All day long, if you are silent, you will eat three kinds of cud beans. If you sing, you will dethrone them. " Why are wise men fighting horses for cicadas? (Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty)