Coral in the net

Coral in the net

Coral in the net, a Chinese idiom, pronounced sh à NH ú Z à IW à ng, means that talented people are included. It comes from the biography of Fu Peng in the new book of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"There is a coral island in the sea, and the sea people fell to the bottom of the iron net in a big ship," said the biography of the new Tang Dynasty. The coral is as white as a fungus on its primary rock. It is yellow at one year old and red at three years old. Its branches are crisscross, and its height is three or four feet. Its roots are made of iron. It is tied to a net ship and twisted out

Idiom usage

Take in talents

Example:

From then on, Dr. Wen came out of the palace, and his female appearance was like that of the court? (Chapter 42 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)