Elegy and easy water(bēi gē yì shuǐ)

Elegy and easy water

Elegy and easy water, Chinese words, Pinyin is B ē Ig ē y ì Shu ǐ, meaning to express the tragic and desolate atmosphere. It comes from the biography of assassins in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

See "tragedies". According to the biography of assassins in historical records, during the Warring States period, Jing Ke was entrusted by Prince YAN Dan to enter the Qin Dynasty to assassinate the king of Qin. The prince and his friends bid farewell to Yishui, and Gao Jianli attacked the building. Jing Ke sang "the wind blows, the water is cold, the strong man goes away and never returns", and boarded the car.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive to describe the solemn and stirring atmosphere. example there is no hero in elegy, but there is a bluff in buying bone. Qiu Fengjia, Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

At the end of the Warring States period, Crown Prince Dan of Yan fled back from the state of Qin. He visited the righteous scholars Jing Ke and Gao Jianli and asked them to assassinate King Ying Zheng of Qin. When everything is ready, Prince Dan leads his men to send them to Yishui with white clothes. Gao Jianli strikes the building. Jing Ke sings: "the wind is bleak, the Yishui is cold, and the strong man will never return when he goes." They said goodbye in tears.

Chinese PinYin : bēi gē yì shuǐ