Draw the line and cut the ink

Draw the line and cut the ink

Yinshengqimo, a Chinese idiom, is written in pinyin y ǐ NSH é ngqi ē mॸ, which means to be upright. It comes from the epitaph of Liu cemetery written by Qian Qianyi of Qing Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

The carpenter pulls the ink line to cut straight. It is used as a metaphor for being upright.

The origin of Idioms

Qian Qianyi of Qing Dynasty wrote in the epitaph of Liu's Cemetery: "a lot of false changes can be found in the epitaph."

Idiom usage

For example, Zhang Binglin's Kui Shu · Ding Wen: "if it is, then in terms of political distribution, the eldest brother of Ming and Qing Dynasties is more like ~, tasting the common Zhaosu, while the young thief is competing."