set aside

set aside

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ì zh ī g ā og é, which means to put it on a high shelf after being tied up. It means not to use it. It comes from the biography of Yu Yi in the book of Jin.

Idiom explanation

Loft: an elevated place for storing utensils.

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Yu Yi in the book of Jin states: "this generation should be put up in the attic until there is peace in the world, and then we can talk about its appointment."

Idiom usage

As a predicate, an object, or an attribute. When the traveler saw that his master had become a general in the hollow, he put the scriptures on a high shelf. He was in a great confusion and had nothing to do. The 15th chapter of "supplement to the journey to the west" by Dong Shuo in Ming Dynasty