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point to east and west

Time: 2022-01-31 09:23:50 Author: ChinaWiki.net

point to east and west

Pointing to the East and painting the west is an idiom, and its pronunciation is zh ǐ D ō nghu à x ī, which means to command blindly, and it refers to the action of drawing with gestures when speaking. It comes from Volume 14 of Wu Deng Hui Yuan by Song Shi Puji.

explain

It refers to the gesture when speaking. Metaphors are used to avoid the theme.

allusion

The fourteenth volume of wudenghuiyuan written by Shi Puji in Song Dynasty: "to talk about the green and the yellow, to direct the East and the West." In Song Dynasty, Shi Weibai's xuchuandenglu said, "it's impossible for people to go today, let alone point to the East and draw the West."

Examples

For example: looking at Earl Ying and mother Wang from afar, pointing things around, seeing him coming, they separated. The first chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua by Xiaosheng of Lanling in Ming Dynasty?

usage

It refers to blind command

point to east and west


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