Before and after

Before and after

The idiom, pronounced Qi á NW ē IH ò uz é, means the peril of our predecessors, which should be taken as a warning for future generations.

explain

Future generations should take warning from the danger of their predecessors. It is said that the first car is the first, and the second is the last.

source

Sima Guang's Zi Zhi Tong Jian, the third year of the Taiyuan reign of emperor Xiaowu of the Jin Dynasty: "Di lie Jiu Quan, Tian Chui Jiu Chi, Du Kang Miao Zhi, Yi Di prophet. Zhou died in the state of yin and Jie died in the state of Xia

usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

Idiom story

During the Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian, the former king of the Qin state, called his ministers to drink. During the banquet, he asked them to have a good time and get drunk. Zhu Tong, the Secretary Supervisor, was regarded as the prime minister, and Zhao Zheng, the Secretary's servant, wrote the song of wine virtue in response to the wine order: "the wine spring in the earth, the wine pool in the sky, the wonderful knowledge of Du Kang, and the prophet of Yi Di. Zhou died in the state of yin and Jie died in the state of Xia