Twist the earth for fragrance

Twist the earth for fragrance

Niantu Weixiang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ni ǎ NT ǔ w é IXI ā ng, which means to knead because it is not enough to prepare incense. From Duxing magazine.

The origin of Idioms

The fifth volume of Du Xing magazine by Zeng Minxing of Song Dynasty: "there is a reason for twisting the soil for incense. Now it is better to be false than true."

Idiom usage

Yuan · Zheng Tingyu's the first fold of seeing the slave: "I don't have that incense either. I just turn the earth into incense and pray for the gods to see me."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: twisting earth and burning incense