Clear the river

Clear the river

As an idiom, the Wei River is clear and the Jing River is turbid. There are clear boundaries in metaphor. It comes from the ode to the West written by Pan Yue of Jin Dynasty: "in the north, there are Qingwei and zhuojing rivers, and the songs of LanChi and Zhouqu rivers."

Idiom explanation

pronunciation

Pronunciation: Zhu ó J ī ngq ī NGW è I

interpretation

The Wei River is clear and the Jing River is turbid. There are clear boundaries in metaphor.

Idioms and allusions

source

Pan Yue, Jin Dynasty, wrote in his ode to the Western Expedition: "in the north, there is the clear Wei River and the turbid Jing River, and there are the songs of the Zhou Dynasty in LanChi."

Examples

The Yuben "poem · wind · valley wind" says, "the river is turbid by the river, which is the river." Kong yingdashu said: "the water in the Jing River is clear because of the Wei River, so the water in the Jing River is turbid." In ancient times, it was thought that the Jing River was turbid and the Wei River was clear. Metaphor is a clear distinction between right and wrong. The poem "autumn rain sighs" written by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty: "if you go to Malaysia, you will not be able to distinguish the ox from the horse Liu Bingzhong's poem "Mulan huaman · Wangyue Brahman Yin" in Yuan Dynasty: "who can distinguish between the turbid river and the clean river.

Analysis of Idioms

words whose meaning is similar

be quite distinct from each other

antonym

No distinction between right and wrong

usage

Combined; as object and attribute; with commendatory meaning

Idiom information

Examples of idioms: yuan · Liu Bingzhong's Mulan huaman: "who distinguishes between the turbid river and the clean river, one term flows to the East." Common degree: common emotional color: commendatory words; grammatical usage: as object and attribute; idiom structure with commendatory meaning: combined type; generation time: ancient times