A teapot with a cone

A teapot with a cone

A Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ Zhu ī C ā NH ú, which means to eat with an awl in a pot. Metaphor can't achieve the purpose. It comes from Xunzi's persuasion.

The origin of Idioms

"Xunzi's persuasion of learning:" if we don't do the rites and constitutions, we should take poetry and books as examples. For example, we can't get them by measuring the river, Chongshu and Zhuo. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: measuring the river with a finger, measuring the millet with a finger

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences