Knead fragrant powder
Kneading incense and flour, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Tu á nxi ā NGN ò NGF ě n, metaphor and women's Association. It's from Yu Shu.
The origin of Idioms
The first fold of Jia Zhongming's Dui Yu comb in Ming Dynasty: "when you want to knead incense and make powder, you will be ready for the spring of that year."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or object; used in figurative sentences
Knead fragrant powder
Grinding teeth and chiseling teeth - mó yá záo chǐ
rid the world of bad elements and administer the state affairs - sǎo chú tiān xià
be helpless and in the greatest straits - jì qióng lǜ jí