Silver hook and jade spit
Yin Gou Yu saliva, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í ng ō uy ù tuॸ, which means that other people's calligraphy strokes are as powerful as Yin Gou, and their words are as precious as Tuyu. It comes from the Song Dynasty Huang Tingjian's Ci Yun Qian Mu Fu's song fan.
Idiom explanation
It refers to other people's calligraphy, whose strokes are as powerful as silver hooks, and whose words are as precious as jade.
The origin of Idioms
Song Dynasty Huang Tingjian's poem "Ci Yun Qian Mu Fu gives song fan" says: "silver hook, jade spit, cocoon paper, loose sheath is light and cool, and it seems to send."
Silver hook and jade spit
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lamps and candles of a myriad families - wàn jiā dēng huǒ
impose upon those who are kind and fear those who are severe - qī shàn pà è
feel as if a knife were piercing one 's heart - xīn rú dāo jiǎo