Macaque riding local ox

Macaque riding local ox

Monkey riding a local ox, pronounced m í h ó UQ í t ǔ Ni ú, is an idiom, which means that the promotion is slow. It comes from the book of Wei in the Three Kingdoms.

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It means that promotion is slow.

source

The biography of Deng AI in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, quoted the saying of the world: "Jun, the son of Minggong, has few literary talent, so he is an official; it's not too late for macaques to ride local oxen."

Examples

Macaques ride on local oxen and ride on horses. -Li Bai's gift to Zhao Taishou of Xuancheng in Tang Dynasty

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