miss the point(bù dé yào lǐng)

miss the point

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù D é y à ol ǐ ng, which means unable to grasp the main point or key. It comes from the biography of Dawan in historical records.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] at a loss, seeing flowers in the fog, not knowing what to do

Idiom usage

Verb object; predicate, attribute, complement; adjective can not grasp the main point. The second volume of Dong Zhai Ji Shi by fan Zhen of Song Dynasty: "if you die for half a month, you can't get the gist." write articles to be concise and to the point, with emphasis on the center. Don't cover everything to the point. I have no courage. I can't help it. All I have on hand is pen and ink. I can write such things as this letter. Lu Xun's "book of two places" and "book of Han Dynasty. Vol. 61. Biography of Zhang Qian" said: "Qian could not get the gist of Yue's from Yue's family to Da Xia. "Tang. Yan shigu. Note:" if you want, you need clothes. Collar, collar. Those who hold clothes hold on to the collar. Yan qian can't get the interest of Yue family, so he can't keep it in Han Dynasty, so he takes essentials as metaphor. Huang Zongxi's answer to Zhang ERGONG's comment on Mao lumen's criticism of the eight schools of thought in Qing Dynasty: "the purpose of the eight schools of thought in lumen is to outline Jingchuan and Daosi, but the punctuation is not to the point. 」

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Dawan in historical records, "Qian could not get the gist of Yueshi from Yueshi to Daxia."

Idioms and allusions

In the third year of the Western Han Dynasty (141 BC), after the death of emperor Liu Qi, Prince Liu Che became emperor in the spring of the next year. This is the young and handsome Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne at the beginning, people who surrendered from the northern Xiongnu said that the Xiongnu defeated the Yueshi. The Xiongnu tribe lived in the vast Mongolian grassland in northern China. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, northern China was often bullied and harassed by them. After several years of expansion and scuffle, the Huns defeated many nomadic tribes and occupied their homes. At that time, in the Hexi Corridor - Dunhuang area, there lived a powerful tribe called Yueshi. Later, the Huns conquered the country by force, killed the king cruelly, and made a big wine cup out of the king's skull. The people were driven away and had a strong hatred for the Huns. The Yue people wanted to attack Xiongnu for revenge, but they could not get help from other countries. Other tribes around them did not dare to fight against Xiongnu, so they could not win any alliance. Even the nomads in Central Asia had no intention to accept them. So the Yues had to move further west. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty got the news, he thought it was a good opportunity and wanted to send someone to contact the Yue family in order to attack the Xiongnu. at that time, sending letters of alliance to Yueshi meant a long journey of more than 3000 kilometers. There were heavy mountains along the way, and no guide knew how to go. What's more dangerous is that if you want to get to Yueshi, you have to pass through the territory controlled by Xiongnu people, where the enemy who is driving the steed is chasing and blocking. And at that time, no one knew where the Yue tribe had moved. After careful consideration, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to make the next recruitment list and recruit people with lofty ideals from all over the world to go to the western regions to contact the Yue family. When the recruitment list was posted, there were few candidates. However, Zhang Qian, who was a Langguan for a short time, asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for help when he saw the list of candidates, and expressed his willingness to contact the Yueshi kingdom. In 138 BC, Zhang Qian set out with 100 followers, along with a barbarian slave named Gan Fu who had been with Zhang Qian for many years. When approaching the territory of Xiongnu, Zhang Qian and his party were not timid. They went directly to the defense line of Xiongnu, hoping to cross the territory of Xiongnu in the shortest time. Unfortunately, when Zhang Qian and his party passed the Xiongnu, they were all captured by the Xiongnu people and escorted to Chanyu. Shan Yu detained Zhang Qian and said to him, "Yueshi is in the northwest of our country. How can you Han people go there? If we are going to send an envoy to Yue, can you let us go? " This is eleven years. Zhang Qian married a wife and had children in Xiongnu. Although Zhang Qian and others were in Xiongnu, they did not forget the task assigned by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Later, the Huns finally relaxed their vigilance. He found a chance and escaped with a few followers. After Zhang Qian and Gan Fu escaped, they went through hardships and hardships, and after decades of running, they entered the border of Dawan. Dawan had long heard that the Western Han Dynasty was rich and prosperous, and wanted to establish ties with the Han Dynasty. Seeing Zhang Qian coming, I was overjoyed, so I treated him with good gifts and asked him where he planned to go. Zhang Qian replied, "I was sent to Yueshi by the order of the Han Dynasty, and the traffic was blocked by the Huns. Now I have fled here from the Huns. I hope the king can send someone to show me the way and take me to Yueshi. If you can get there and return to the Han Dynasty in the future, the Han Dynasty will give you countless things. " The king of Dawan obeyed Zhang Qian. After a few days' rest, the king of Dawan sent his guide and interpreter to escort them to Kangju (about between today's Balkhash Lake and the Aral Sea), and then from Kangju to Dayue. originally, Yueshi was attacked by Huns, the king was killed, and most of them moved to the west, called Dayue. The people of our country have made the prince of the slain king the king. The new king led his troops to the west to attack Daxia, occupied Daxia and settled down. There was fertile land and rich products. There was no foreign invasion. They just wanted to be peaceful and happy. They thought that they were far away from the Han Dynasty, so they had no intention to revenge on the Huns. When Zhang Qian came, he talked with them about the attack on Xiongnu, but they were not interested in it, and the diplomatic talks were not to the point, so they could not get the clear attitude of Yue about the attack on Xiongnu with Han Dynasty. In desperation, they set out to return home. Zhang Qian was detained again when he passed the land of Xiongnu. A year later, he and his wife returned to their hometown with the help of Gan Fu. It was 12 years since Zhang Qian was ordered to travel when he met Emperor Hanwu again. Although Zhang Qian's journey to the West did not achieve the expected goal, it finally opened the way to the west, and made all the countries in the western regions know that the powerful Han Dynasty did not forget them, which played an important role at that time and in the future. Later, people were not interested in Zhang Qian's attack on Xiongnu from the state of Yue, and they did not grasp the main points of his speech, so the idiom "to no avail" was extended.

Chinese PinYin : bù dé yào lǐng