Prime Minister(bàn shí zǎi xiàng)

Prime Minister

Accompanying prime minister, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à NSH í Z à IXI à ng, which means later used to satirize officials who do nothing and are incompetent. It comes from the biography of Lu Huaishen in the old book of Tang Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

The devil in the world, the companion in the book

The origin of Idioms

Lu Huaishen's biography in the old book of Tang Dynasty: "in the third year of Kaiyuan, he moved to Huangmen prison. Huaishen and Ziwei asked Yao Chong to take charge of the privy. Huaishen thought that the officials were not as good as the privy. He pushed everything. At that time, people called him the prime minister

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for officials who do nothing. I wish he would go to the spoon Temple Gallery and stop doing it. (the book of Yu Jing Tai Ji · de Shu by Zhu Ding of Ming Dynasty) and the book of Wen Chen Lei by you Xue qionglin (Volume 1): Lu Huaishen, the Prime Minister of food, is incompetent. 」

Idioms and allusions

Lu Huaishen, an official of the Tang Dynasty, was promoted to Huangmen prison in the third year of Kaiyuan. Together with Ziwei, he ordered Yao Chong to deal with military affairs. He was timid, cowardly and incompetent. He didn't dare to make his own decisions when things happened. Yao Chong was responsible for everything. Many people are dissatisfied with Lu Huaishen's behavior of not doing anything while eating, and privately give him the nickname of "Prime Minister of company and food".

Chinese PinYin : bàn shí zǎi xiàng