bold and courageous

bold and courageous

Copper head and iron forehead is an idiom, and its pronunciation is t ó NGT ó UTI ě, which means the head made of copper and the forehead made of iron. It is used to describe a person's bravery.

explain

It refers to the image of Chiyou and his brothers in ancient mythology. Later, people are described as brave and intrepid. 　　

source

"How to be a monk?" asked the fourth volume of five Lantern Festival yuan by Song Shi Puji In Chapter 47 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty, the elder of Zhai state was called qiaoru, who was one Zhang and five feet long. "The power is great, the iron is hard, the rubble can't be hurt"

usage

As predicate and attribute

Idioms and allusions

"Taiping Yulan" volume 79 quoted the "Dragon Fish River map": "Chiyou brothers 81 people, and animal body human language, bronze head and iron forehead." "Yunji seven signatures" volume 100: "80 brothers, bronze head and iron forehead."

Idiom story

In ancient times, Huangdi, Yandi and Chiyou tribes lived in China. Huangdi tribe defeated Yandi tribe in Northwest China and realized the unification of the two tribes. Yandi asked Huangdi to attack Jiuli tribe. There are 81 Chiyou brothers, the leader of the Jiuli tribe. All of them have heads, animal bodies and bronze heads. The goddess of heaven sent Xuannu to subdue Chiyou