The river is clear and the sea is exhausted
He Qing Hai Jie, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h é Q ī NGH ǎ Iji é, which means to describe rare things. From miscellaneous records of Xijing.
The origin of Idioms
The fourth volume of miscellaneous records of Xijing quoted from Liu Fu by Mei Cheng of Han Dynasty: "little minister, don't do anything to Hongmao. Although the river is clear and the sea is exhausted, there is no scenery in the end. "
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.
The river is clear and the sea is exhausted
make a careful and detailed analysis - tiáo fēn lǚ xī
look fierce and talk boisterously - jí shēng lì sè
unicorn horns and phoenix beaks -- precious and rare - lín jiǎo fèng zuǐ
peach and plum trees vie with one another in the splendor of their blossoms - táo lǐ zhēng yán