Torrent of water

Torrent of water

Flooding, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ó ngshu ǐ h é ngli ú, meaning flooding. It's a metaphor for evil. It comes from Mencius Teng Wengong.

Analysis of Idioms

Flooding

The origin of Idioms

Mencius Teng Wengong said, "when Yao was in power, the world was not even, and the flood was overflowing all over the world.

Idioms and allusions

"When Yao was in power, the world was still not peaceful. The flood flowed all over the world. The vegetation was luxuriant, the animals were breeding, the five grains were not climbing, and the animals were pressing. The way of the hoofs and the traces of the birds was handed over to China. Yao was only worried about it, and he took Shun as his treatment. Shun's envoy was in charge of the fire, and the mountains were burning, and the animals fled. Yu shujiu River, Ding Ji Luo, and Zhu Zhu Hai; Ruhan, Pai huaisi, and Zhu Zhijiang; then China could In Tang Yao's time, the world was not calm. The flood was rampant. The vegetation grew luxuriantly, the birds and animals multiplied in large numbers, and the grains were not mature. Wild animals threatened people. The roads of birds and animals were all over the Central Plains. Tang Yao secretly worried about this and chose Shun to govern Shun sent Yu to dredge the Jiuhe River and the Jishui river, In this way, the Central Plains could cultivate and harvest grain. At that time, Yu had been out for eight years, and he did not go in even though he wanted to cultivate

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, flood. Example: when the officials heard about it, the emperor thought of it and asked for it from all sides to recruit talents. (Chapter 23 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty)