The island is thin and the countryside is cold(dǎo shòu jiāo hán)

The island is thin and the countryside is cold

The island is thin and the countryside is cold. It is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is d ǎ OSH ò Uji ā oh á n. It was written by Jia Dao and Meng Jiao in Tang Dynasty. Jia Dao's and Meng Jiao's poems are full of sad words, so they refer to their poems and styles. It also describes the style and meaning of poems similar to Jia Meng's. It comes from Ci Yun Xie Liu Zhong Xing Hui bamboo shoots by Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As an object and attribute, it refers to the style of poetry and literature, which makes it more sad, but its spirit is still strong, so it can be different from ~, but far away from the sour vegetable shoots. (Volume 3 of Du Shi Yan Zhi by Wu Mingshi in Qing Dynasty)

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Xi's Ci Yun Xie Liu Zhong Xing Hui bamboo shoots in Song Dynasty: "there is no teacher in your poems, but the island is thin and the countryside is cold."

Analysis of Idioms

The country is cold and the island is thin

Chinese PinYin : dǎo shòu jiāo hán