Jifu salt cart

Jifu salt cart

Jifu yanche, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì f ú y á NCH ē, which means talent is restrained and in distress. It comes from the fourth chapter of Chu CE in the Warring States period.

Idiom explanation

Ji: Qianlima.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in the fourth chapter of the Warring States strategy of Chu: "the teeth of the horse are coming, and the salt cart goes up to Taihang."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: cherish talents but not meet them

Idiom usage

It refers to the lack of talent. For example, if you are buried in the dust, you will not find any identification. For example, if you are buried in Fengyu with a sword, you will be buried in a salt cart. In the Ming Dynasty, I Qiu Rui wrote the story of Yunyu, leaving for my post in person

Idiom story

There is a thousand li horse, because it falls into the hands of an incompetent and ignorant master, who can only pull the cart and carry heavy loads every day, and can not give full play to his expertise, and slowly grows old. I happened to run into Bole when I was pulling the salt cart. Bole spent money to buy him and after careful feeding, he became a real Qianlima six months later.