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On the knees

Time: 2022-01-31 07:01:29 Author: ChinaWiki.net

On the knees

Knee line Pufu, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī x í NGP ú f ú, which means crawling on the ground. It comes from Sima Guang's Zizhitongjian, the 25th year of Emperor Qinshihuang.

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate, object, or attribute

Analysis of Idioms

Kneeling and prostrate

The origin of Idioms

Sima Guang's Zizhitongjian · the 25th year of Emperor Qinshihuang in Song Dynasty: "it's not respectful for a man to bend his knees; it's not trusting for a man to repeat his promise; it's not Hui for a man to scatter his jade; it's not brave for a man to cut his head."

Idiom explanation

Crawling on the ground.

On the knees


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