matter of no great urgency(bù jí zhī wù)

matter of no great urgency

No hurry is a Chinese idiom, the pronunciation is B ù J í zh ī w ù, refers to unimportant or not in a hurry to do things.

Idiom explanation

An unimportant or unimportant task.

source

According to the biography of sun he in Wu Shu, the annals of the Three Kingdoms, "it's not good to be honest and able to do things without any desire to benefit. It's not good to be honest and able to do things by virtue and righteousness, to give up doing things that are not urgent, and to build a foundation for achievement." "You Zhu Ji in the book of the Northern Qi Dynasty:" it's easy to be in a hurry. I once asked for scorpions in one night, and Dan got three promotions. " Wang Wei of Tang Dynasty wrote in the book of the mountain and Pei Xiucai: "if you are not the son of heaven, how can you invite each other as a matter of no urgency? But there is deep interest in it. " In Wang Fuzhi's "reading Tongjian theory · emperor Xiandi 16 of the Han Dynasty", it is pointed out that "if (Liu Biao) can't set up the king of Qin to ask for the teacher of crime, only set up the school and cultivate rites and music as a matter of no urgency, then he can't be blamed." Mao Dun's polygonal relationship 2: "forget it, what's your medical fee? It's a matter of no urgency."

Examples

The nameless battle should be stopped. (song sun Guangxian's BEIMENG Suoyan, Volume 20) the chief official was forced by Cui Ke and regarded Xueshe as ～. Zhu YIZUN's records of Quzhou Prefecture and Xi'an County in Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, sun he, the crown prince of the state of Wu, was very intelligent, fond of literature, good at riding and shooting, and was deeply loved by Sun Quan. At that time, some bureaucrats were keen on playing go and often delayed official business because of talking about it. Sun he said to them, "playing chess is just entertainment. People should put an end to those unprofitable desires and give up those unimportant tasks."

usage

To be the subject or object of; express something unimportant

Chinese PinYin : bù jí zhī wù