Cut the stirrup and keep the whip
Cut the stirrup and keep the whip
The Chinese idiom, Ji é D è ngli ú Bi ā n in pinyin, means that it is later used as a saying of farewell to the officials who leave office. It comes from Feng Zhi of Tang Dynasty, the miscellany of Yunxian.
The origin of Idioms
Feng Zhi of the Tang Dynasty wrote that "Yao chongmu, who lived in Jingzhou, was a representative of the Japanese. The whole people wept, stroked the horse's head and cut the stirrups to show his love."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, object, attribute; used in writing
Cut the stirrup and keep the whip
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