pillow one 's head on stream and gargle one 's mouth with pebbles
Pillow flow Soseki, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ě NLI ú sh ù sh í, which means living in seclusion. It comes from Pai Diao, a new account of the world.
Analysis of Idioms
Mountain and valley
The origin of Idioms
Liu Yiqing's new sayings of the world, Pai Diao: Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty: "Wang said:" flow can pillow, stone can gargle? " Sun said: "so pillow flow, want to wash their ears; so wash stone, want to sharpen their teeth."
Idiom usage
It refers to living in seclusion. I want to discuss your family affairs, thinking and joining the army carefully. Yan Fu's Ci Yun Da Sun Sheng in Qing Dynasty
pillow one 's head on stream and gargle one 's mouth with pebbles
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refuse to be contaminated by an evil influence - jié shēn zì hào
There are three unknowns in this - cǐ zhōng sān mèi
carefully attend to the funeral rites of parents and follow them when gone with due sacrifices - shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn