read ten lines at one glance

read ten lines at one glance

Five elements, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ǔ x í NGJ ù Xi à, meaning to read the five elements at the same time. Reading is fast. It comes from the notes of Pei Songzhi in the annals of the Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · biography of Ying Li, citing Hua Qiao's Han Shu.

The origin of Idioms

Pei Songzhi quoted Hua Qiao's Hanshu in his annotation of the biography of Ying Li in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, as follows: "Li Zufeng, the word is Shishu. Cai min was good at allegory, so he called it "should read books for my uncle, all five elements."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: five lines and ten lines

Idiom usage

The speed of reading is very fast