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withered trees and rotten stumps

Time: 2022-01-31 03:41:21 Author: ChinaWiki.net

withered trees and rotten stumps

Pan mu kuizhu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p á nm ù Xi ǔ zh ū, which means rotten wood without success. It refers to inferior wood. It comes from the book of later Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; referring to inferior material.

The origin of Idioms

"After the Han Dynasty, follow the history of Mencius taste:" Pan Mu rotten trees, for the use of all, around for the tolerance ear. If a king chooses a scholar, he should be among the most valuable. "

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