scattered all over like stars in the sky or men on a chessboard

scattered all over like stars in the sky or men on a chessboard

Scattered, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī nglu ó y ú Nb ù, meaning scattered, describing a large number of widely distributed. It comes from Xi Du Fu written by Ban Gu of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the ode to Xidu written by Ban Gu of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "the ranks of soldiers are scattered around the world."

Idiom usage

As an object, attribute, adverbial; used in writing

Examples

Lu Zhaolin of Tang Dynasty wrote the praise of governor Shi hushuli's painting for his dead daughter: "the earth treasure and smallpox are scattered all over the world."