Veteran of the wheel

Veteran of the wheel

The Pinyin is Zhu ó L ú NL ǎ OSH ǒ u, which means an expert in making wheels from wood. Someone who is experienced in something. From Chuang Tzu, the way of heaven.

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's Tiandao: "it's the old Zhuo wheel because of the age of seventy."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's subject and object; it's commendatory

Examples

They didn't talk much. They relied on Xu Shichang and Wang Shitong's careful study. (Chapter 67 of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xianfu)

Idiom story

Duke Huan of Qi was reading in the hall. Under the hall, lunbian cut wood to make wheels. Lunbian put down his chisel tool and went to the hall. He asked Duke Huan of Qi, "excuse me, what kind of books are you reading?" Duke Huan said, "it's a book that records the words of saints." Then he asked, "is the sage still there?" Huan Gong said, "he is dead." "Then the books you read are just the dregs left by the saints," said Lun Bian Duke Huan was very angry and said, "I read. How can you, a craftsman who makes wheels, talk about it? You can be let go if you say the truth. If you don't have the truth, you will be executed. " "I see it from what I do," said Lun Bian. When cutting wood to make wheels, if the tenon is too wide and slow, it will be loose and not firm. If it is too tight, it will be stagnant and difficult to enter. But I can do it with ease. I can't tell the secret, but I have my own degree. I can't tell my son clearly, and my son can't get the experience and method of making wheels from me, so I'm 70 years old and still making wheels on my own. The ancient people and what they can't say have all died together, so the so-called sage's book you read is just the dregs left by the ancient people! "