It's a long story

It's a long story

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ú y ī NK ō NGG ǔ, which means a rare person or speech. It comes from Tang Xianzu's reply to Wang Xiangru in Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: empty valley foot sound

The origin of Idioms

Tang Xianzu's answer to Wang Xiangru in the Ming Dynasty: "the sound of a foot is empty, but there is Xiangru." Hu xiong'e's poem "can like to ask, with hidden inner son Mu Ji on behalf of Fu to thank" says: "the floating clouds at the bottom of the eye become changeable, the sound of empty valley to the deep."

Idiom explanation

A rare figure or speech.