give chapter and verse for

give chapter and verse for

The original, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Yu á NYU á Nb ě Nb ě n, which means from the beginning to the end, according to the original, refers to the detailed description of all the causes and the whole process of things, without omission. From Xidu Fu.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's Ode to Xidu in Han Dynasty: "the original is to see and hear."

Idiom usage

It refers to the actual situation. Then the official rushed forward and explained the matter in detail. The 12th chapter of Li Baojia's a brief history of civilization in Qing Dynasty