dwell in mountain caves

dwell in mountain caves

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á NQ ī Xu é ch ǔ, which means to live in seclusion in deep mountain caves. It's from Han Feizi, Guishi.

The origin of Idioms

It is said in Han Feizi's crafty envoy that "scholars have two minds and private learning. They live in caves and care deeply. Those who are big are not worldly and those who are small are confused."

Discrimination of words

words whose meaning is similar

dwell in mountain caves

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

Examples

Song Yeshi's Shangyi Biao on behalf of Xue Ruiming said: "the cave dwelling places are always worn by Yaotian, but when the Qi is exhausted, they will no longer look forward to shunri."