Aconite root

Aconite root

Ma Jiao Wu tou, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǎ Ji ǎ ow ū t ó u, crow turns white, Ma Tou Sheng Jiao. It is a metaphor for things that cannot be realized. From yandanzi.

The origin of Idioms

The first volume of yandanzi: "Prince yandanzi was born in Qin Dynasty. The king of Qin was rude, not proud and wanted to return. The king of Qin didn't listen, but said falsely, "if you make a white head and a horse have horns, you can have ears."

Idiom story

At the end of the Warring States period, Prince Dan of Yan was a hostage in the state of Qin, and he was imprisoned after a conflict with the government of Qin. Prince Dan asked to let him go back home. The king of Qin said: "Aconitum white, horse born horn, is Xu er." Prince Dan had no choice but to look up to the sky and sigh. Maybe God had eyes. A crow with white head came from outside the cell. The king of Qin had to send Prince Dan back home.

Idiom usage

It can be used as an object or attributive to describe things that cannot be realized

[example]

Cao Zhenji in Qing Dynasty wrote "a hundred word order, history chanting" that "Tian Guang is old, and there are no people who laugh at YAN Dan, and they hate each other for thousands of years."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: Aconitum Majiao, Majiao wubai