Cutting iron with a needle

Cutting iron with a needle

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ēē NT ó uxu ē Ti ě, which means to scrape and search. It comes from Yang chaoguan's "poor Ruan Ji scolding God of wealth when drunk".

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

The origin of Idioms

Yang chaoguan's "poor Ruanji scolds God of wealth" in Qing Dynasty: "if it's not for cutting iron with a needle, I'm afraid you'll hurt people with honey." Hu Shiying proofread: "to describe shaving is extremely mean. As an old saying, it has been used in Ming Dynasty. "Yixiaosan · seizing the mouth of the mud swallow": seizing the mouth of the mud swallow, cutting the iron needle, scraping the Golden Buddha's face, searching carefully, finding something out of nothing. "

Idiom explanation

It's about trying to scrape.