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Rat bellied snail

Time: 2022-01-31 05:37:58 Author: ChinaWiki.net

Rat bellied snail

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh ǔ f ù w ō ch á ng, which means that the demand is limited or the amount of gas is small. According to the book "xiaoyaoyou of Zhuangzi", the Wren nests in the deep forest, but it is only a branch; the rat drinks in the river, but it is full

pronunciation

shǔfùwōcháng

interpretation

Mole's stomach, snail's intestines. It is a metaphor for a limited or narrow demand.

source

"The Wren nest in the deep forest, but a branch; yanhuyinhe, but full."

Examples

Great sage, I only said that you are a generous immortal, who knows you are a generation of. (journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty, chapter 76)

words whose meaning is similar

suffer affronts without resentment

antonym

be kind and generous

usage

It can be used as predicate, attribute and object.

Rat bellied snail


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