convey ambition through poems

convey ambition through poems

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ī y ǐ y á nzh ì, which means to express one's ambition and determination with poems. It comes from the book of history.

The origin of Idioms

"Book of history · Shundian" says: "poetry expresses ambition, song speaks forever."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing. In the Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Xie Lingyun's Shanju Fu: "poetry expresses ambition, Fu is perfunctory, admonitions and eulogies, and each salt has its own ethics."