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Qi Qi AI is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin Q à Q à I à I, which describes a stutterer who repeats his words and doesn't speak fluently. Source: biography of prime minister Zhang in historical records.

Idiom usage

To describe stuttering. The excitement of my feelings made me speechless. ——Mao Dun's "corrosion, October 10") beside him was a stout, stout young man, about twenty-two or three years old. His face was as white as a child's, and his eyebrows were as honest as a country child's. when he saw a stranger, his cheeks were red, and his mouth was speechless. he began to mutter and look at the "delicate rose", like the face of his first love lover, complaining. But no matter how hard it is, the result is always wonderful. I began to learn the name of every thing, and from the pronunciation of every thing, I can imagine the infinite beauty in Shakespeare's sonnets. ——Helen Keller's reinventing life

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian's biography of prime minister Zhang in historical records of the Western Han Dynasty: the minister's mouth can't be spoken, but the minister's period knows it can't; although his majesty wants to abolish the crown prince, the minister's period doesn't obey the imperial edict.

Idioms and allusions

This idiom is a "collection" of two stories. Both stories come from historical figures who stutter.

Zhou Chang

"Qiqi" comes from the story of Zhou Chang, the Minister of Han Dynasty. Zhou Chang, from Peixian county (now Jiangsu Province). At the end of the Qin Dynasty, he returned to Liu Bang in the peasant war, and from Liu Bang's entry into the pass to break the Qin Dynasty, he rose to the imperial censor and became the Marquis of fenyin. Zhou Chang is upright and dare to speak up. But he stuttered and had a hard time speaking. After Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, got the world, there was a beloved concubine named Qi Ji, who gave birth to a son named Ruyi. Liu Bang wanted to abolish the original crown prince and make Ruyi the crown prince. So, in the early Dynasty, Liu Bang talked about it. Unexpectedly, all the ministers were against it. Shusuntong, a doctor who once served in the Qin Dynasty, said: "the crown prince is the foundation of the world. This is a world shaking. How can we make the world a play At this time, Zhou Chang also came out to speak and made it clear that he was against abolishing the crown prince without any reason. Zhou Chang was a bit stuttering at first, and it was hard to express his meaning. At last, he was in a hurry. He took off his official hat and said, "I can't speak, but I know I can't! If your majesty wants to abolish the crown prince, he will not obey the imperial edict! " This stammer, on the contrary, made all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty laugh, and Liu Bang also laughed, so the matter was put aside for the time being.

Deng AI

"Ai Ai" comes from the story of Deng AI, a Wei general in the Three Kingdoms. Deng AI was born in Jiyang, Yiyang County (now Xinye, Henan Province). In 263 A.D., he and Zhong Hui led the army to attack the Shu Han, and Deng AI led the army to sneak into Yinping and enter Chengdu, which made the Shu Han perish. Later, Deng AI was framed by the political enemy Zhong Hui, so he was killed because of Sima Zhao's suspicion. However, before that, he had a good relationship with Sima Zhao. It is recorded in Shi Shuo Xin Yu: Deng AI has a stuttering problem and calls himself "AI AI... ". Once he was in Luoyang for a party of Sima Zhao. When he talked, he began to "AI AI... ". Sima Zhao joked with him: "you always say Ai Ai, how many AI are they?" Deng AI did not show weakness either, saying, "Phoenix, Phoenix, isn't it a phoenix?" Another theory comes from chapter 117 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which Wei was in charge of Sima's family and Jiang Wei defeated Niutoushan: Yi (SIMA Yi) said: "how much AI does Qing call Ai Ai?" Ai Yingsheng said: "Feng Xi, Feng Xi", so it's a Phoenix. Its capital is agile, so it is. These two people are formidable. "Fengxi, Fengxi" is an allusion in the Analects of Confucius: in the spring and Autumn period, the song of Chu Kuang Jieyu said that "Fengxi, Fengxi" refers to a Phoenix. In addition, Volume 12 of "Yilin felling mountain" quoted "miscellaneous notes of jade box": "Deng AI is called fuluan, Lu Yun is called Yinhu." Luan is also Phoenix. It can be guessed that Deng AI's answer to Fu Luan at that time was Feng Xi. Besides allusions, Feng Xi also referred to himself. later, people put the two stories together, and the idiom "Qi Qi Ai Ai" came into being to describe stutterers who stammer.

Analysis of Idioms

Similar words: faltering opposite words: Glib same rhyme words: survival of the fittest, eating bran and swallowing vegetables, Hu sun into the bag