Close to home
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ǐ ch ǐ zh ī g ō ng, which means small. Little credit. The source is "Warring States strategy · Qin CE 5".
The origin of Idioms
"Qin CE 5" in the Warring States strategy: "although there is the wisdom of the high world, those who have no immediate success will not be rewarded."
Idiom usage
As an object; in a negative sentence
Close to home
be plain in one 's style of living - jiān kǔ pǔ sù
affection loses with beauty withering away - sè shuāi ài chí
but it is all overgrown with rank grass - jū wéi mào cǎo
confirmed habits are hard to get rid of - jī zhòng nán fǎn
A meeting of soldiers and chariots - bīng chē zhī huì