Broken goblet carving

Broken goblet carving

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ò g ū Zhu ó di ā o, which means to chop with a knife or axe. The metaphor is simple and complicated, simple and plain. It comes from the biography of cruel officials in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

It is said in the biography of cruel officials in historical records that "in the Han Dynasty, when the Gu was broken, it became a circle; when the Gu was carved, it became simple."

Idiom usage

The Emperor Wen was appointed by Dai Di as the successor of Han Dynasty, and the world was initially decided, but the people's mind was not set. Fang and broken Gu and Chu carving, clothes and shoes leather, service rate simple, the implementation of courteous and thrifty. On Jia Yi not coming to Gongqing by Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: the broken Gu is round and the carving is simple