A cup in a shadow and a snake in a bow(bēi yǐng shé gōng)

A cup in a shadow and a snake in a bow

Cup shadow snake bow is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ē iy ǐ ngsh é g ō ng, which means to compare the fear caused by suspicion.

Idiom explanation

It refers to fear caused by suspicion. The same as "the shadow of a bow and a snake".

source

The 45th chapter of Hua Yue Chen written by Wei xiuren in Qing Dynasty: "the shadow of the cup, the snake, the bow, the devil, the man, the curtain, the lamp, the sword, the ghost are suspicious." The second part of CI Yun Yang Li Cao Yu Zhong Wo Ji written by Gao Qi of Ming Dynasty: "what's the matter? We should only identify the snake in the wine when we call frequently in spring." In the notes of Yuewei thatched cottage written by Ji Yun of the Qing Dynasty, I heard four stories like this: "Kuang cup bows and snakes are in a trance, but they are embellished and extravagant, just like witnessing." In Qing Dynasty, Huang Zunxian's "sentiment" poem: "golden Jue... Cool with hidden pain, cup bow and snake shadow bear strange injustice." Yongzan's two Diaries of Wuchang: "on the day of the 18th century, Wuchang City was in a state of panic and fear. It was even worse than a few days ago." Ming guiyouguang's "with Xu Ziyu" said: "with that opportunity, you can be afraid, and you can't doubt it."

Discrimination of words

[pinyin code]: bysg [synonym]: bow and snake shadow [antonym]: Chu zhitairan

usage

In the book of Jin, Volume 43 (biographies of Yue Guang) to 244, there are relatives and guests, but they will not come back for a long time. When asked about their reasons, they answered: "I am sitting in front of you, and I am given wine. I want to drink. When I see a snake in the cup, I feel very ill. I drink and I get sick. At that time, there was a horn on the wall of Tingshi in Henan Province. The lacquer painting made the snake. The snake in Guangyi cup was the shadow of the horn. When the wine was placed in front of it, the guest said, "can you see something in the wine? And he said, "what you see is the same as before. "Guangnai told him why, and the guest suddenly understood, and Shen dunyu recovered. In volume 9 of the notes to the general meaning of customs, there are many strange gods in the world. There are many people who are frightened and hurt themselves. In 388, Yu's grandfather Chen, as an order, saw Du Xuan, the master of the book, on the day of the summer solstice, and gave him wine. At that time, there was a red crossbow hanging on the north wall, shining on the cup. He was afraid of evil, but he did not dare not stop drinking. On that day, he suffered from chest and abdomen pain, impaired his diet, and made great use of Lilu to cure wanduan. Hou Chen went to Xuan's house to peep at the incident and asked about the incident. He said, "I'm afraid of this snake. It's in my stomach. Chen still listens and thinks for a long time. When he sees the crossbow hanging, he must be. Then he ordered the general of history under the door to serve Xu Fucian zaixuan, and set up wine in the old place. There was a snake in the cup, because it was called Xuan: "the crossbow on this wall is not strange. Xuansui explained that he was very Yiyi. He was from Longping, an official to Shangshu, and four prefectures.

Chinese PinYin : bēi yǐng shé gōng