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
soldiers and horses are in great haste -- busily engaged in warfare - róng mǎ kǒng zǒng
hold in one 's horse near a precipice - lín yá lè mǎ
retire with ease and decline to accept a government post - gāo wò dōng shān
one 's character is correctly criticized only after his death - gài guān shì dìng