Xiangxiangdu River

Xiangxiangdu River

Xiangxiangdu River, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ā ngxi à NGD ù h é, which means a Buddhist term, metaphors deep understanding; also describes the comments incisive and thorough. It's from the Sutra of the commandments of the uposai.

The origin of Idioms

"Three kinds of Bodhi products" in Volume 1 of the Sutra: "like the Henghe River, all three animals cross the river, rabbit, horse and Xiang. The rabbit does not reach the bottom, but floats by; the horse either reaches the bottom, or does not reach the bottom; the elephant reaches the bottom. "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as object; with commendatory meaning. (1) it is also like the xiangxiangdu River, where the river is cut off and there is no doubt that it is stagnant. (song · Shi Puji's five Lantern Festival, Volume 3) (2) Li and Du Shugong, such as Jin Baohai, look down on the suburban Island generation, and the insects sing among the grass ears. (Yan Yu, Song Dynasty, comments on Canglang poetry.