Crabs and cicadas(xiè kuāng chán ruí)
Crabs and cicadas
The Chinese idiom Xi è Ku ā ngch á NRU í in pinyin means to compare the real name with the false one. It comes from the book of rites, the second part of Tan Gong.
Notes on Idioms
Kuang: back shell; Chen: cicada's needle kiss.
The origin of Idioms
In the book of rites, Tan Gong Xia: "if an adult has his brother's death but is not defeated, he will be defeated when he hears that Zigao will be the prime minister. The adult said, "the silkworm is successful and the crab is good; the fan is good and the cicada is good; the elder brother is dead and the son is poor."
Idiom usage
It can be used as object or attribute. He is not only the younger brother of an adult. The second volume of Dongpo Zhilin
Chinese PinYin : xiè kuāng chán ruí
Crabs and cicadas
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