read ten lines at one glance
Seven lines, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q à h á NGJ à Xi à, meaning to read, read seven lines at the same time. Metaphor is very clever. It comes from the southern history of Song Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Ten lines
The origin of Idioms
"Southern history · emperor Xiaowu Ji of Song Dynasty" says: "it's very beautiful to have a little Jiying, a bright spirit, and a good command of seven lines of reading."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate; used in reading. He is the only one who eats meat every day. He holds the Dharma Sutra and is only sixty years old. When he can recite it, he feels that the sheep kneel to listen. Song Shi Puji's five Lantern Festival yuan (Volume 10)
read ten lines at one glance
sally forth in full strength to - qīng cháo ér chū
One slap won't make a sound - yī gè bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng
look at fiercely as a tiger does - hǔ shì dān dān