readily take a hint
Smile, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ò y á NW ē IXI à o, to describe understanding. It comes from the Sutra of the great Vatican asking the Buddha.
The origin of Idioms
"The great Vatican king asked the Buddha to decide on the Scripture:" at that time, the great Vatican King led some of his family members to offer the Buddha to the golden Brahma, and each of them saluted the Buddha's feet and sat back one side. At that time, the Buddha offered the golden Brahma, raised his eyebrows in a blink, and showed the public that he did not know what to do. There is a smile on the face of Kaya. "
Idiom usage
According to the legend of Zen Buddhism, Sakyamuni said at the Lingshan meeting that the golden Baltic flower in his hand was shown to all the people, and all the people were silent, only the venerable Kaya. Chapter 10 of Jinyong's Tianlong Babu.
readily take a hint
cherish an old broom as if it were a thousand pieces of gold - bì zhǒu qiān jīn
a wooden expression that infuriates - sǐ méi dèng yǎn
hold on to one 's wrong belief till death - zhì sǐ bù wù