take big strides and give a high-flown talk

take big strides and give a high-flown talk

The Chinese idiom, Ku ò B ù g ā ot á n, strides freely and talks freely. It means that words and deeds are not bound. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the annals of Wei, the chronicles of Emperor Wen.

explain

Stride: stride. He strides forward and talks loudly at will. It means that words and deeds are not bound.

source

In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wei annals and Wendi annals, Pei Songzhi quoted Cao Pi, the book of Wei annals, as saying, "it is the teaching of three chapters and the transformation of Kaiti, so that the people who were tired in the past can talk freely and without fear." Pei Songzhi's notes on the annals of the Three Kingdoms. In the biography of Wen Di PI in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi: "in the early days, the emperor was good at literature, and took writing as his duty. He also made all the Confucians compile a collection of scriptures and biographies, and follow them. More than a thousand of them were named "Huanglan" in Japan Pei's note: "the date of Wei Shu It is the teaching of three chapters and the transformation of Kaiti, so that the people who are tired of their time can talk freely and have no fear of the Three Kingdoms

Discrimination of words

[synonym] talk freely and [antonym] be submissive

usage

A natural and unrestrained attitude.