console oneself with soothing remarks
Self mockery, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ì w ǒ Ji ě ch á o, which means to cover up or justify what is mocked by others with words or actions. From jieji.
The origin of Idioms
In Yang Xiong's jieji of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "in the time of mourning for the emperor, Ding Fu and Dong Xian used things, and those who were attached to him started up to two thousand stones. When xiongfang created Da Xuan, he was self-defense and poised. People have mockery of the male, to xuanzhi Shangbai, male solution, called "jieji."
Analysis of Idioms
Be smart
Idiom usage
Subject predicate; predicate, object; derogatory.
console oneself with soothing remarks
Nails are nails, rivets are rivets - dīng shì dīng,mǎo shì mǎo
cut the bones between the joints and make use of the momentum to decompose the boneless parts - pī xì dǎo yín