quick promotion

quick promotion

The Chinese idiom, pronounced y ī Su ì Ji ǔ Qi ā n, means that officials are promoted very quickly. It comes from the biography of the southern history.

Idiom explanation

Year: year; promotion: promotion. Nine promotions in a year. It is a metaphor for the rapid promotion of official posts.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of the southern history of the Tang Dynasty, "I visited the home of the Tang Dynasty and moved three times a year with my old virtue in mind." Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote in his book shangzhangpuseshu: "although he is given thousands of gold every day and moves his official every year, he is grateful. He will be called a confidant in the world, but a confidant is not."

Idiom usage

To be promoted very quickly.