strong enough to pull up mountains and raise tripods(bá shān gāng dǐng)

strong enough to pull up mountains and raise tripods

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B á sh ā ng ā NGD ǐ ng, which means to pull up a mountain and lift a heavy tripod. It's very descriptive. It's also a way to pull up the mountain. It comes from Xiang Yu's biography in historical records.

Interpretation of Idioms

Shoulder: hands up. Tripod: Ancient utensils for cooking, with three feet and two ears, mostly made of bronze.

The origin of Idioms

"Records of the historian · Xiang Yu's biography:" the book is more than eight feet long and can carry the tripod. " He also said, "King Xiang is so generous in his lament that he wrote a poem saying:" he can pull up the mountain with great strength, and his spirit is superior to that of the world

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, attribute and complement. example after the Han Emperor entered the pass and broke through the Qin and Chu, he was able to carry the tripod on the mountain and surpass others. The second volume of the preface to Huangji Jingshi written by Shao Yong of the Northern Song Dynasty has the courage to carry the dingba mountain and the talent to write the Scriptures. (Chapter 72 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty) a person is bound by opium, and you are a hero, a bronze and iron arhat. As long as you are addicted to smoking, you suddenly become weak and have no strength. (the first chapter of Black Ghost by Peng Yangou in Qing Dynasty)

Idiom story

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu didn't like reading and writing when he was young. His uncle Xiang Liang taught him how to fight swords. He wanted to learn how to fight against thousands of enemies. Xiang Liang taught him the art of war. He didn't want to study it seriously, but he was very strong and could lift a tripod weighing several hundred jin. After eight years of fighting with Liu Bang, he was forced to commit suicide at the edge of the Wujiang River, and lamented that he had "made great efforts to pull up the mountain and become the most powerful in the world".

Chinese PinYin : bá shān gāng dǐng