The sky is low in Wu and Chu, and the eyes are empty

The sky is low in Wu and Chu, and the eyes are empty

It is an idiom that the sky is low in Wu and Chu, and the eye is empty. The original meaning of this idiom is that when you climb up to Nanjing City, the farther you look at it, the more you feel that the world is falling. There is nothing but heaven. Now it also means nothing.

Interpretation of Idioms

Wu and Chu: the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It used to mean that when I went up to Nanjing City, the farther I looked at it, the more I felt that the world was falling down. Apart from seeing the sky, there was nothing. Now it also means nothing.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Sadu Ci's "niannujiao · dengshitoucheng" CI: "shitoucheng, looking at the sky low Wu Chu, eyes empty nothing." [story] during the Yuan Dynasty, the poet saduzi came to Nanjing to have a good trip. He was very happy to see the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. He went up to the city tower to see the four directions, touched the scene, and felt a lot of emotion. He improvised the poem "niannujiao · climbing the stone city": "on the stone city, looking down at the sky, Wu and Chu, there is nothing in his eyes. To guide the scenic spots of the Six Dynasties, there are only green mountains like walls. "

Idiom usage

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