be distantly related to sb

be distantly related to sb

Jiapeng's relatives, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā f ú zh ī Q ī n, which means to refer to distant relatives. It comes from the biography of King Jing of Zhongshan in the book of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Jiapeng: the film on the inner wall of reed pole.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's biography of King Jing of Zhongshan in Hanshu of the Eastern Han Dynasty said, "today's ministers are not relatives of Jiapeng."

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: flesh and blood

Idiom usage

To be an object; to be a distant relative. Example: Tang Jiong is Zhang Zhidong's eldest brother-in-law. He has a lot to do with him, so he has to send someone to deliver the letter for both public and private purposes. (Gao Yang's "mother and son, monarch and Minister") Dong Xian, the Minister of state and the commander-in-law of the emperor, originally had no relatives, but he made his own progress by making color and flattery. Flattery, flattery. Kong Anguo said: make color, no quality. Good words are not true. The reward is boundless, and the government and Zang are exhausted. The third, which was thought to be small, was broken and burst. Chapter 35 of Zizhi Tongjian