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Pointing the finger at the sky

Time: 2022-01-31 09:24:31 Author: ChinaWiki.net

Pointing the finger at the sky

Pointing at the sky and the sun is a Chinese idiom, and the Pinyin is zh ǐ sh ǐ Ti ā NR ì. It comes from Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio, Dou Shi.

Idiom explanation

Swear by the heaven and the sun and express your heart. It is the same as "swear to heaven".

The origin of Idioms

Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio, Dou Shi, in the Qing Dynasty, said: "women should swear; the South points to the sky, and the South points to the sky, and makes an appointment with firmness and permanence, and women will promise it."

usage

To make a predicate or adverbial; swear

Pointing the finger at the sky


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