Be astringent in speech
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s è y ú y á NL ù n, which means to speak slowly. It comes from the book of song, the propaganda of Nanjun Wang Yi.
Idiom explanation
To describe slow speech.
The origin of Idioms
"Song Shu · propaganda of Nanjun Wang Yi": "born with a short tongue, astringent in speech."
Be astringent in speech
to compose poems while holding the lance horizontally in the saddle - héng shuò fù shī
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Absorb the new and explain the old - xī xīn tǔ gù
A soldier in accordance with the law - àn jiǎ qǐn bīng