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Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ā ot ā ob ù Ji é, which means to describe the continuous flow of water. It comes from the collection of Yuefu Poems, twelve songs of Jiao temple, Jishan song.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: tongue tied, speechless, hesitant and hesitant

The origin of Idioms

"Ji Shan Ge" in Yuefu Poetry Anthology, 12 songs of Jiao Temple: "drink the blessing and receive it, dance and sing to welcome it, it is endless, the flood is just water."

Idioms and allusions

Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, had a prime minister named Zhang Jiuling, who was famous for his eloquence. When he saw that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty was not in charge of the government, he gave advice many times. Zhang Jiuling advocated appointing talents on the basis of merit, and set up a special agency for selecting talents. Whenever he talks with his guests about scriptures, he is always "gushing", which means that he talks like a rolling stream. Later, Zhang Jiuling was dismissed as Prime Minister for offending Li Linfu.

Idiom usage

It is used as adverbial and attributive. The Yangtze River is rolling and roaring endlessly, which has made people revere it for thousands of years. He has an endless flow of ideas. (commendatory meaning) as long as the director makes a speech, it will be endless and uncontrollable. (irony) the Yellow River is surging toward the Bohai Sea. (original intention) Zhang Jiuling is good at talking. When he talks with the guests about the Scriptures, he goes to Osaka as follows. In the Five Dynasties, Wang Renyu's "the legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao · the debate of Zou Wan" and Ye Zi's "a night in a mountain village" said: "tears as big as two pearls roll out of the ground!"