be as a rock(ān rú tài shān)

be as a rock

An Ru Tai Shan, a Chinese idiom, is "anr ú t à ISH à n" in pinyin, which means that it is as stable and unshakable as Mount Tai. From Shangshu Jianwu Wang.

The origin of Idioms

In a letter to the king of Wu written by Mei Cheng of the Han Dynasty, "it is easy to change what you want to do, and you are content with Mount Tai."

Idiom usage

It is strong and indestructible. example under the strong attack of the enemy, our army is as peaceful as Mount Tai. "It is better than the four dimensions of Taishan, and there will be no danger." Ning: Ann. Taishan: the same as "Taishan" in Jiaogan's Yilin · kunzhizhongfu of Han Dynasty: "an is as good as Taishan, and happiness has been achieved many times. Although there are jackals and tigers, they are not in danger. " In the fourth and fifth chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Cao broke his troops at the mouth of the three rivers and met Jiang Gan in the stratagem: "Kong Ming said:" although Liang lives in Hukou, he is as peaceful as Mount Tai. " Mao Zedong's "current situation and our tasks" 3: "on the afternoon of the day Zhangjiakou was occupied, Chiang Kai Shek immediately ordered the convening of his reactionary national assembly. It seems that his reactionary rule can be as peaceful as ever."

Idiom story

In the Western Han Dynasty, the king of Wu Liu was dissatisfied with the central government of emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. Chao Cuo, the imperial historian, advocated the reduction of the territory of the princes, which led to Liu's rebellion in the name of "Qing monarch's side". Mei Cheng wrote a letter to admonish the king of Wu to admonish Liu, hoping to change her mind and make her position more stable than Mount Tai.

Chinese PinYin : ān rú tài shān