Boiling water makes ice

Boiling water makes ice

Boiling water makes ice, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā nshu ǐ Zu ò B ī ng, meaning impossible. It comes from the biography of Gaotang in the annals of the Three Kingdoms · Wei annals · by Chen Shou of the Jin Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The practice of boiling water to make ice is ridiculous.

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym: seeking fish from trees

The origin of Idioms

According to Chen Shou's biography of Gaotang in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, it is clear that "if you do what you want to do, if you want to make it happen, you can't get it."

Idiom explanation

It's a metaphor for the impossible.