Ape, crane and wormhole

Ape, crane and wormhole

As a Chinese idiom, Yu á NH è ch ó ngsh ā in pinyin refers to the soldiers who died in the war in the old days, and also refers to the people who died in the war. From baopuzi by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

In the old days, it was used to describe soldiers who died in war. Also refers to people who died in war.

The origin of Idioms

Baopuzi is quoted in volume 961 of Taiping Yulan: "King Mu of Zhou went to the south, and his army was exhausted. The gentleman was ape, crane, and villain was worm and sand." Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his poem "sending Hongnan to return to the south of the district": if Muxi's army did not return to the south, insects, sand, apes and cranes would fly. "

Idiom usage

Examples

Don't think that song and cry are too unprovoked. Liu Fu's Ode to Kui Chou's early experience of the Civil War