be down-to-earth
Chinese idioms, Pinyin y í NGK ē h ò UJ ì n, Chinese words, meaning that the spring water meets the pothole, to be full before it continues to flow forward; metaphor learning should be implemented step by step, not just empty name. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius · lilouxia: "fountainhead hun hun, never give up day and night, Yingke and backward, open to the world."
Idiom usage
For study and work.
be down-to-earth
to when one dies it can never be redeemed - bǎi shēn hé shú
bring glory to one 's parents and become celebrated - xiǎn qīn yáng míng