Tie the rafters to the pillars

Tie the rafters to the pillars

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh ù Chu á NW é izh ù, which means to tie up rafters as pillars. It means to use small timber for big purposes. It comes from the ode to Yuzhou by Liu Ji of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

The origin of Idioms

Liu Ji of Ming Dynasty wrote "abandoning Jiuding, cooking tile". Cut off the beam and tie the rafter to the column. "

Idiom explanation

The rafters are used as pillars. It's a metaphor for small stuff and big use.