ask others for help

ask others for help

Shuluo asking for fire, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ù y ù NQ ǐ nghu ǒ, which means rubbing hemp as a fire rope to ask for fire from the neighbor; it refers to asking for help from others; it also refers to solving difficulties. It comes from Kuai Tong Zhuan in the history of Han Dynasty.

Notes on Idioms

Bundle: bundle a bunch of burnable hemp as a torch; please fire: borrow fire.

The origin of Idioms

"Kuai Tong Zhuan" in Hanshu: "that is to ask for fire from the dead meat family."

Idiom usage

It refers to the person who asks for help. Example Volume 7 of Han Shi waizhuan: "there are hermits in Qi, Mr. Dongguo and Mr. Liang Shijun. The guest called Kuisheng and said, "Mr. Fu Dongguo, Liang Shijun, is a wise man in the world. He hides himself in the mountains, and he does not want to be an official. I heard that Mr. Cao had to pay homage to him. I wish Mr. Cao would be the first. The minister's mother was kind to each other. When the woman saw that she was suspicious of stealing meat, her aunt went to her and told her that she hated her. Her mother said, "I'm going to make you call." Shu Yun asked for a fire and went to his wife's house, saying, "my dogs fight for meat and kill each other. Please let fire cure them." Gu Naizhi sent people to chase her and return her. The mother in her hometown is not a person who talks, a person who asks for fire, or a woman. However, if you have a sense of things and things are suitable, why don't you do it first? " Kuisheng said, "I'm afraid I can't be as stupid as I am, but please try your best to ask for fire for Mr. Dongguo and Mr. Liang Shijun." Later, it is used as a code to help others. Li Deyu's Ji Xin Fu in the Tang Dynasty: "when I was in a hurry, I asked for fire and visited pengci to be a good neighbor." Luo, a Book of "Yun". It is also called "Shuluo" and "Shuyun". Luo Binwang of Tang Dynasty wrote in the book "Junqi of Weiming mansion in shangxiaqiu" that "Linqiong sent his wife to his neighbors, and Handan sent her guests to Zhao Xiang." In the Song Dynasty, Lin Fu's "he reward Zhou Si Cheng": "the gate is horizontal, the water mat condenses the dust, the beam is broken, who can ask the neighbor?" It can also be used as a code for a daughter-in-law.

Idiom story

Once upon a time, there was a mother-in-law who falsely accused her daughter-in-law of stealing the meat from her family. Her daughter-in-law was driven out of the house by her mother-in-law and had to go to her neighbor's aunt to help her redress the injustice. Aunt knew her well, so she came up with a way to borrow fire from her mother-in-law's house. She said that her dog was killed because she was fighting to eat other people's meat. The mother-in-law knew her mistake and went after her daughter-in-law to go home.