To rent one's ears
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is l ì n ě ry ō NGM ù, which means to use what you see and hear. It comes from Qian Qianyi's Fu Xu Juyuan Shu in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
According to Qian Qianyi's Fu Xu Juyuan Shu in the Qing Dynasty, "the origin of ancient learning is a little known by wandering and strengthening one's teeth, recording and abusing popular learning, invading and looking for forty people and renting one's ears and servants."
Idiom usage
With the aid of what we have seen and heard
To rent one's ears
the long dark years under the rule of the exploiting class - cháng yè nán míng
an unexpected or undeserved gain - tǎng lái zhī wù
be at the height of one 's youth and vigour - fēng huá zhèng mào
a narrow space only enough for turning a horse - jǐn róng xuán mǎ