January is better than a hundred stars(bǎi xīng bù rú yī yuè)

January is better than a hundred stars

It is a Chinese idiom that a hundred stars are not as bright as a month. Its pronunciation is B ǎ IX ī NGB ù R ú y ī Yu è, which means that the light from a hundred stars is not as bright as that from a moon. It means that the quantity is not as good as the quality.

Idiom explanation

A hundred stars are not as bright as a moon. The quality is better than quantity.

The origin of Idioms

Huainanzi shuolinxun: "the brightness of a hundred stars is not as bright as the light of a month; the opening of ten clouds is not as bright as the brightness of a family."

Discrimination of words

[example sentence]: [pinyin code]: bxby

usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

Chinese PinYin : bǎi xīng bù rú yī yuè