mutter to oneself

mutter to oneself

This is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Nu Nu Nu Li á NSH ē ng, meaning respectfully promise. Here you are, there you are. From the golden thread pool.

The origin of Idioms

The third part of the golden thread pool written by Guan Hanqing of the Yuan Dynasty: "I'm alone, and what I said was born to Deng Deng. I used to call softly, bow and repeat." Ming Shi Naian's the 16th chapter of Water Margin: "when I was a milkman in the Taishi mansion in Tokyo, the officers and soldiers under my door saw thousands and thousands of people, and they all spoke to me."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: repeatedly saying yes, nodding and bowing

Idiom usage

To be formal; adverbial; submissive