No magic medicine(bù guī shǒu yào)

No magic medicine

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù Gu ī sh ǒ uy à o, which means the medicine to keep hands from freezing and cracking; it refers to the weak talent and weak skill. It comes from the book of Lu You's poems Volume 2, 12, allegory.

The origin of Idioms

"Lu You's Poetry Collection Volume 2, 12. Yu Tan" says: "life has its own poverty, and the world is better than work. Wrapped in the heart of horse leather, Xu country is empty, but it is successful. In the early days, there was a thousand gates of snow in Yule, and a thousand valleys of wind at night. If you borrow wonderful books and read them frequently, you will be able to continue to make your children prosperous. "

Idiom usage

Example: Xin Qiji's "the drunken man's pursuit of the genealogy from the outline": he is not a master of medicine, or he is granted the title of marquis and official in one day. Tang Cui Daorong's "travel" poem: "who does not pity the turtle hand, but other places are marquis." Ye Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty wrote "the story of Luan Yu · on the heart": "the poor way is not to turtle hands, and the shame of the world is the West son's frown." Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty, the second of the three songs of Xi Da Shi Ying: "if you receive a thousand pieces of gold, you don't need tortoise medicine. If you have a short skirt, you will be able to control the cold of the evening river."

Chinese PinYin : bù guī shǒu yào