receive serious rebuff

receive serious rebuff

There are two origins of "bumping into a nail": one is that in feudal times, there were "nails" on the gates of Yamen and official mansions. The common people were often controlled by others in this place. It was difficult to enter, handle, and look ugly. It was called "bumping into a nail, or" bumping into a nose ". Yuan zaju "Xixiangji · Temple police" a discount: "I hit a nail, the thief soldiers will find out." It can be seen that the term "hitting a nail" existed in the Yuan Dynasty.

Explanation of words

[source]: the eighth chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in the Qing Dynasty: "how can you take the liberty to talk to others?" [example]: he has been running around raising money for days, but he is very upset and depressed. when things are refused or reprimanded, Putonghua means "hit a wall", while the common saying means "hit a nail", meaning "hit a nose".

The origin of the collision

The second is to say that "bumping into a nail" is the cut of Hongmen in Qinghong gang. "Nail" and "nail word" are homophonic, and their meanings are basically the same. Therefore, they spread the easily understood word "hit a nail".