Sell sword and buy piano

Sell sword and buy piano

Selling the sword and buying the piano is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is m à Iji à nm à IQ í n, which means there is no sense of fame and fame, and a desire for seclusion. It's from Gong Zizhen's nenglinggong youth line in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

He sold his sword, bought his piano and quit the world.

The origin of Idioms

In Gong Zizhen's nenglinggong youth line of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "selling swords and buying Qin, fighting tiles and losing copper."

Idiom explanation

It means that there is no sense of fame and fame, and the goal is to return to seclusion.