a precious thing

a precious thing

Yihu Zhiye, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī h ú zh ī y è, which means to compare precious things with "Yihu zhiarmpit". It comes from the biography of Shangjun in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian's biography of Shangjun in historical records in the Western Han Dynasty: "the skin of a thousand sheep is better than the skin of a fox; the promise of a thousand people is better than the promise of a scholar."

Idiom usage

As an object; as a metaphor for something small and precious.

Idiom story

At the end of the spring and Autumn period, Zhao Jianzi, the founder of Zhao state, was very fond of Zhou she's outspokenness. Zhou she once stood under Zhao Jianzi for three days and three nights, saying that she was willing to do the work of dogs and horses. After Zhou she died, Zhao Jianzi could only hear praise and praise once a day. He was very disappointed that many mediocre people were inferior to Zhou she, just like the skin of a thousand sheep was inferior to the armpit of a fox.