A square is a circle

A square is a circle

In Chinese, the Pinyin is w á NF ā NGW é iyu á n, which means to cut a square into a circle. It is a metaphor for changing the nature of loyalty and admiration. It's from nine chapters Huaisha.

Idiom explanation

Cut the square into a circle. It is a metaphor for changing the nature of loyalty and admiration.

The origin of Idioms

In the Warring States period, Chu and Qu Yuan's nine chapters of Huaisha, it is said that "if you are in the right place, you will not be replaced."

Idiom usage

Examples

At the time of Zhengjia, the scholar bureaucrats demoted his plain shoes, and the lamb's plain silk had a little sleep. Biography of Tao Yan and others in Ming history