a strange story from beyond the seas

a strange story from beyond the seas

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h à IW à IQ í t á n, which means groundless and strange talk or legend. It comes from Wan Li Ye Huo Bian's supplement, Tai Sheng, Tai Shu Ji Huo.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] hearsay, strange talk, casual talk [antonym] is firm and well founded

The origin of Idioms

Shen Defu's "Wanli yehuo Bian addendum · Taisheng · taishu Jihuo" in Ming Dynasty: "Rui is a piece of paper, which makes Bingma Si apply to Zhong Yuchun. Yu Chun criticized the end of the letter and said, "strange stories from abroad."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to be derogatory. This is a blatant bullying of Chinese readers and a blatant nonsense. (Lu Xun's ER Xin Ji · correspondence on translation) the old captain likes to tell some foreign stories to the children.