high-minded and unsociable figures

high-minded and unsociable figures

Jiezhishi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ju à NJI è zh ī sh ì, which means a person who is aloof, arrogant and unwilling to go along with others. It comes from the biography of Xiangxiu in the book of Jin.

Idiom explanation

Jie: lonely and arrogant, clean.

The origin of Idioms

"Xiangxiu biography of the book of Jin:" I think that the nest Xu Jiezhi, not up to Yao heart, not enough to admire

Idiom usage

As the subject or object, it refers to a person who refuses to go along with others. Examples to see reason and not to take it rashly, to do nothing and then to go up; to respect fame and integrity but not to take it seriously, to be honest and upright is the second. In Ming Dynasty, Xue Xuan's political records and in Three Kingdoms, Wei and Liu Shao's personal records, Ti BIE said: "the person who introduces himself, criticizes the clear and the turbid." Yan Gang's prose "Liao Mo Sha sings a long song while crying": "behind the smile is the scorn of Jie Zhi and the soberness of the enlightened."