get a branch to roost

get a branch to roost

A branch of the habitat, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī zh ī zh ī Q ī, meaning generally refers to a work position. It's from Chuang Tzu's xiaoyaoyou.

Idiom explanation

Roosting: birds stay in trees.

The origin of Idioms

"The Wren nests in the deep forest, but there is only one branch," says Chuang Tzu

Idiom usage

As an object, it refers to the place where one lives. He only wants to live in one branch. Tang Dynasty ▪ Li Yifu's "Ode to Wu" poem: "if you go to the forest like a tree, you don't hesitate to perch on one branch. "Tang Dynasty ▪ Du Fu's "Sufu" poem: "I've been suffering for ten years, and I've been forced to move and perch on a branch. " yuan ▪ Tuotuo and other "biography of Li Hang in the history of Song Dynasty": "hang said:" life can not be guaranteed, how can we live for a long time, nest in a forest, chat about self-sufficiency, and have a good house! "Chapter 60 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms:" there is still one branch of the Wren, and the cunning rabbit still has three caves, let alone people? " as long as we have a place where we can study at ease, we never have higher expectations.