the handiwork remains though the maker 's gone

the handiwork remains though the maker 's gone

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ù Z à IR é NW á ng, which means that people are dead and things are still there. It refers to the memory of the dead or the emotion caused by seeing the relics. It comes from Zhang Shuo of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It's a matter of fact that people are dead. " Chapter 78 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: people are lost and things are there, things are right and people are wrong

The origin of Idioms

Tang Zhang said that "the tablet of the divine way of the king of pochuan county was written by imperial edict:" the martial arts festival is just strong, the morning dew does not wait, the king's death is not changed, the bed grace is not changed, when the afterlife is gone, people are dead and things are here, and the posthumous title of the Lord is loyal, so as to tell the world. " Song Zenghui's poem "climbing Xiaoxiang tower again" says: "things are dead, there are tears in the sky, and special events are sad."