Listen to the fox

Listen to the fox

The sound of fox listening, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú t ī ngzh ī sh ē ng, which means the sound of water flowing under the ice. It comes from shuzhengji quoted from shuijingzhu · Heyi.

Idiom explanation

The sound of water flowing under the ice.

The origin of Idioms

"The first river of shuijingzhu" quoted "shuzhengji" as saying: "when the ice begins to merge, the chariots and horses do not dare to pass. They must walk by foxes. They are good at listening to this thing. There is no water under the ice. When people see foxes, they can cross." Yan Zhitui of the Northern Qi Dynasty wrote in Yan's family instructions · documentary evidence: "fox is a beast, and there is much suspicion, so listen to the river ice without the sound of running water, and then dare to cross."

Idiom usage

Used as an object; used in writing. example farewell to Pu Xiaoning, the voice of the fox suddenly stops; return to Ting Xiaohe, the quality of the insect doubts is born in Russia. Lin Zi's Yang Bing Fu in Tang Dynasty