the best and the brightest
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī sh í zh ī Xu ǎ n, which means the outstanding talents of a certain period. It comes from the biography of Wei Kang in the book of the new Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The biography of Wei Kang in the book of the new Tang Dynasty: "all the examples it created, such as Wang Wei, Wang Jin, Cui Yin, etc., were selected by Yun for a time." In the preface to fan Kuan's memorials by Zeng Gong of Song Dynasty, it is said that "those who take speech as their duty, such as the public, are chosen at one time."
Idiom usage
As an object; as a written language; as an example Zhang Dezhi of Lantian County and Liu Congyi of Yexian County were both very cautious and intelligent. On the biography of Xunli in the history of Jin Dynasty
the best and the brightest
in retracing the past , the future can be known - shǔ wǎng zhī lái
gnash the teeth with angry looks - chēn mù qiē chǐ
have neither fault to find with nor praise to bestow - wú jiù wú yù
Cool breeze at the end of the day - tiān mò liáng fēng
usurp a high post without doing a stroke of work - qiè wèi sù cān
generous outside but jealous inside - wài kuān nèi jì