a leaden knife can cut(qiān dāo yī gē)

a leaden knife can cut

Lead knife, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ā nd ā oy ī g ē, which means that although the lead knife is not sharp, it can cut things when used properly occasionally. People with ordinary metaphors can sometimes be useful. More modest words to ask for appointment. It comes from the biography of ban Chao in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"Ban Chao biography in the history of the later Han Dynasty:" Kuang Chen was honored by the power of the Great Han Dynasty, but not with a lead knife? "

Idioms and allusions

In the third year of the founding of banchao, the 47th volume of the book of the later Han Dynasty, ten thousand soldiers led by Shule, Kangju, Yuxuan and Jumi attacked kumoshi City, broke it and beheaded it 700 times. Because of his desire to surpass others, he would not be able to pacify other countries. He said: I saw that the former Emperor wanted to open the western city, so I attacked Xiongnu in the north, sent foreign countries in the west, Shanshan and Yuxuan immediately turned to China. Today, Jumi, Shache, Shule, Yueshi, Wusun and Kang Jufu are willing to join together to destroy kuci and smooth the Han road. If you get kuci, one percent of the people in the western regions don't take it. Chen Fu from only read, death Wu Xiaoli, is willing to serve from Gu Ji jueyu, Shu Ji Zhang Qian abandoned the wilderness. In the past, the officials of the states of Wei and Jiang were still able to coordinate with the generals. Kuang Chen was as powerful as the Great Han Dynasty, but not as powerful as a sword? The former scholars all said that the name of the thirty-six States was duanxiongnu's right arm. Today, all the countries in the western regions have been transformed from Japan. In the third year of the founding of the people's Republic of China (78), ban Chao led ten thousand troops of Shule, Kangju, Yuxuan and Jumi to attack gumoshi City, break through the city and behead 700 people. Ban Chao wanted to take advantage of the victory to pacify the States, so he wrote to the emperor for more troops, saying: "I privately thought that the former Emperor wanted to open up the western regions, so he sent troops to the north to attack Xiongnu, and sent envoys to the west to send envoys to foreign countries. Now, Jumi, Sadong, Shule, yuedai, Wusun, Kangju and other countries are willing to join us and work together to break through kuci and open up the Han road. If we conquered Qiuci, only one percent of the people in the western regions were not conquered. I often think that I'm a little scholar. I'm really willing to serve the Jedi like Guji and devote myself to the wilderness like Zhang Qian. In ancient times, Wei Jiang of Jin state was no more than a senior official, who was able to reconcile the Yi and di. What's more, I rely on the divine power of the Great Han Dynasty, and I can't even cut it like a lead knife. Ancient theorists said that seizing 36 states was called cutting off the right arm of the Huns. At present, all the countries in the western regions, from the vast areas that Japan has entered, are not disobedient to us. "In the past, the officials of the Wei and Jiang states were able to coordinate with each other, and Kuang Chen respected the power of the Great Han Dynasty, but they didn't have the use of a lead knife?" Lead knife, lead knife. The knife is not sharp. The metaphor is weak. Although the lead knife is not sharp, it can cut things when used properly occasionally. People with ordinary metaphors can sometimes be useful. More modest words to ask for appointment. Also referred to as "lead knife" and so on.

Idiom usage

Example Tang Wu Jing's Zhenguan dignitaries: fairness: "if you cut the lead, you don't pay attention to good work, and the small good is not enough to cover up the evil." Zhang Binglin's theory of revolutionary morality: "if it is feasible, then please keep this circuitous introduction with the two or three gentlemen. Fortunately, with the help of the time, the common people are better than a knife." Han Jia Yi's Ode to Qu Yuan: "moye is blunt, and lead knife is sharp." Wang can of Han Dynasty's poems on joining the Army (4): "although the lead-free sword is used, the common people strive to thin their bodies." Tang Yang Cheng's poem jiazisui Shushi: "a corrupt scholar with a lead knife, thank you when you write." In Tang Yin's Shangwu Tianguan Shu of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that "the horse drives the horse, and the lead knife sharpens its power." Zhao Puchu's Elegy to Premier Zhou: "I'm ashamed of the posture of the horse, and I hope to use the lead knife."

Chinese PinYin : qiān dāo yī gē