taking from above and picking from below
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ ngq ǔ f ǔ sh í, which means to pick up things on the ground with your head down and pick up things on the ground with your head up. It describes that every move is fruitful. It comes from historical records, biographies of merchants.
The origin of Idioms
Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records, biographies of cargo colonizers: "from iron, the wealth is huge. However, since the father and the brother's descendants have made an appointment, they have picked up and picked up. "
Idiom usage
Every move has a harvest. Example: in the book shishigongzixing written by Sun Hua of the Qing Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, it is said that "the gold acupoints in the house are closed, but they are still greedy." Song Sushi's Dai Shu Da Liang Xian: "learning is like a rich man's collection, and there is nothing left to learn." Also known as "pick up".
taking from above and picking from below
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