Stone of Yandai
Yan Dai Zhi Shi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ā nd à izh ī sh í, which means to refer to mediocrity. It comes from the list of orders in the book of rang Shang.
The origin of Idioms
"The wood of Shangqiu is better than the material of boats, and the stone of Yandai is the same as that of Hulian," said Jiang Zong of Sui Dynasty
Idiom usage
As an object; used in figurative sentences.
Stone of Yandai
rare and very valuable , like jade and pearls - hé bì suí zhū
play off one power against another - yǐ yí gōng yí
like fallen flowers carried away by the flowing water - liú shuǐ luò huā
Cherish one's pearls and treasure one's jade - huái zhū bào yù