be down-to-earth
Chinese idioms, Pinyin y í NGK ē h ò UJ ì n, Chinese words, meaning that the spring water meets the pothole, to be full before it continues to flow forward; metaphor learning should be implemented step by step, not just empty name. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius · lilouxia: "fountainhead hun hun, never give up day and night, Yingke and backward, open to the world."
Idiom usage
For study and work.
Chinese PinYin : yíng kē hòu jìn
be down-to-earth
Tall buildings rise from the ground. wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ