turn up one 's nose at(bí kǒng liáo tiān)

turn up one 's nose at

Nostril Liaotian is a Chinese idiom, pronounced B í K ǒ ngli á OTI ā n, which refers to looking up at the nostrils and describing arrogance. It's from the story of entering Shu.

Analysis of Idioms

The nostrils touch the sky

The origin of Idioms

The fifth volume of Lu You's entering Shu in Song Dynasty: "Jingzhou has no Zen forest, only two sages. However, when the monks of Shu went out of the pass, they had to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and those who came back had already claimed that they had got something, so they did not take part in kowtow any more. So the saying goes: "those who go down the river walk like smoke, while those who go up the river have their nostrils in the sky. In vain, he confessed to two Buddhas, but he did not see a monk sitting in meditation. "

Idiom usage

All Buddhas have never been born, and everyone stands tall. Five Lantern Festival yuan · linjizong · Zen master Jiang Shanzhi

Chinese PinYin : bí kǒng liáo tiān