Go out and pour
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B à ow è ngch à Gu à n, which means to irrigate with a water urn in your arms. It is a metaphor for more effort and less effect. From Chuang Tzu, heaven and earth.
Idiom usage
To be content with the present situation
Analysis of Idioms
Close synonym: baoweng Guanyuan
The origin of Idioms
Zhuangzi · heaven and earth: "dig a tunnel into the well, hold the urn out of the irrigation."
Idiom explanation
Hold the urn to irrigate. It is a metaphor for more effort and less effect.
Chinese PinYin : bào wèng chū guàn
Go out and pour
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