Scramble for food

Scramble for food

Chicken duck: a metaphor for mediocre people. It used to mean people fighting for fame and fortune. Chu Quyuan's Buju in the Warring States Period: "is it better to compete with Huang Hu? Will you compete with the chickens for food? " It's the same as "scramble".

Chinese phonetic notation

jīwùzhēngshí

The origin of Idioms

Chu Quyuan's Buju in the Warring States Period: is Ning and Qiji at the same time? Will it follow the trail of the horse? Would you rather compete with Huang Hu? Will you be competing for food? Which is good or bad? decide on what path to follow?

Idiom grammar

As an object or attribute, it has a derogatory meaning.

interpretation

Duck: duck; chicken and duck compete with each other for food, which means a villain fighting for power and profit. Competing with "flocks and fowls"

words whose meaning is similar

They are striving for fame and profit, competing in flocks and herds, fighting openly and secretly, shooting openly and shooting secretly;

antonym

We should have a clear mind to protect ourselves, live in peace and give up

Idiom story

At the end of the Warring States period, King Huai of Chu attached great importance to Qu Yuan because he had read a lot of books, learned a lot and served as a high-ranking Zuo Tu. In the imperial court, there was a minister with the same status as Qu Yuan called Shangguan doctor. He was very jealous of Qu Yuan, but he was not as talented as Qu Yuan, so he always wanted to find a chance to play Qu Yuan. Once the king of Chu Huai asked Qu Yuan to make laws of the country. The Shangguan doctor had to change the laws before he could make a good draft. Naturally, Qu Yuan refused. The Shangguan doctor went to the king of Chu Huai to complain and said: the king asked Qu Yuan to make laws, but Qu yuan always praised himself. He said: who else can do it except me. It's obvious that we don't pay attention to the king. After hearing this, King Huai of Chu naturally felt very uncomfortable. From then on, he had a certain view on Qu Yuan. Later, the state of Chu went from bad to worse, and Qu Yuan was very distressed. This was the result of King Huai's inability to distinguish right from wrong and listen to villains. He expressed his melancholy in Lisao. In addition, in Buju, Qu Yuan wrote: would you rather compete with Huang Hu? Will you compete with the chickens for food? It expresses Qu Yuan's ambition and his unwillingness to associate with those treacherous ministers who love to fight for power and profit.

example sentence

Chu Quyuan's Buju in the Warring States Period: is Ning and Huang Hu in the same wing? Will you be competing for food? Chapter 102 of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan: the scramble for food is over. Although Xu Shichang, a scholar of the school of literary administration, is there any way to make up for it? Later generations commented on Qu and Tao, saying: Gai was poor when he was attacked, and many fangs were filthy. He didn't want to compete with chickens and flocks for food, so he was determined to drink orchids and chrysanthemums. In Li Dazhao's Anthology of Li Dazhao's works, the so-called steady person is the bureaucrat who is cunning and evil; the person who advances quickly is the thug who is arrogant and rash; and the person who breaks his heart is the one who will wait for the gap between the two to compete with others.

Make sentences

There is always a story of intrigue in officialdom. There is nothing wrong with being a scrambler for food in Vanity Fair. It is a painful thing for a patriot to scramble for food and fame in the officialdom without thinking about national affairs.