ransack boxes and chests

ransack boxes and chests

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī ngku ā NGD à Ogu ǐ, which means to dump all the things in the boxes. It's like taking it all out or looking it over. It comes from Xianyuan, a new story of the world.

The origin of Idioms

In Xianyuan, a new account of the world, written by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "when the Wangs see the two thanks, they pour out the basket; when they see your generation coming, they will be calm; you will not be bothered to go back."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: pour the basket and the trunk, pour the bag and the trunk

Idiom usage

As predicate, adverbial; metaphor all out

Idiom story

Wang Dao, the Prime Minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, introduced his nephew Wang Xizhi to Xi Jian's daughter as a matchmaker. Xi Jian went to Wang Xizhi's house in person, and the one pointed to the East bed was the one who was honest. Xie an and Xie Wan often went to Wang Xizhi's house to play, and Wang Xizhi entertained them, but he was indifferent to his two wives and uncles.