heavy traffic on the street(chē shuǐ mǎ lóng)

heavy traffic on the street

The Chinese idiom, CH ē Shu ǐ m ǎ L ó ng, means that cars are like running water and horses are like dragons. It describes a bustling scene. It comes from empress Ma of Mingde in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] the door is like a market, an endless stream of people

The origin of Idioms

"Empress Ma of Mingde in the book of the later Han Dynasty:" when I passed Zhuo Longmen, I saw a stranger asking about the daily life. The car was like running water, and the horse was like a dragon. "

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attribute to describe the bustling scene. I've been spending a lot of time and making a lot of noise. The first chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

Ma Shi, the youngest daughter of Ma Yuan, a famous general of Fubo in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was praised as a capable person by her relatives and friends because her parents died early and she took care of the family affairs at a very young age. At the age of 13, Ma was selected into the palace. She was first the empress of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty and was very popular. After the death of Emperor Guangwu, the crown prince Liu Zhuang ascended to the throne, that is, the emperor of the Han and Ming Dynasties, and Ma was honored as a noble man. Since she had never had a child, she adopted a son of Jia's, named Liu Ji (D á). In 60 ad, because the Empress Dowager was very fond of her, she was made the empress of the Ming emperor. When Ma became Queen, his life was still very simple. She often wore coarse cloth and her skirt was not trimmed. When some concubines saw her, they thought she was wearing clothes made of very good materials. Only when I got close to her did I know that it was a very common material, and I have more respect for her ever since. queen Ma knew the book and reason, and often read the spring and Autumn Annals, songs of Chu and other works seriously. Once, Emperor Ming showed her the minister's Memorial on purpose and asked her how to deal with it. After reading it, she put forward pertinent suggestions on the spot. However, she did not interfere in the government because of this, and she never took the initiative to talk about the affairs of the court. After the death of Emperor Ming, Liu Ji ascended the throne, which is emperor Zhang of Han Dynasty. Queen Ma was honored as empress dowager. Soon, according to the suggestions of some ministers, Emperor Zhang planned to confer titles on the Empress Dowager's brothers. In accordance with the dead Emperor Guangwu's stipulation that the Empress Dowager's family should not be granted Marquis, empress Matthew explicitly opposed to doing so, so this matter was not handled. The next summer, there was a big drought. Some ministers also said that this year's drought was due to the fact that they did not seal their relatives last year. They once again asked for the enfeoffment of Uncle Mahalanobis. Empress Matthew still disagreed and issued a special imperial edict for this purpose. The imperial edict said: "all those who propose to be knighted by their relatives want to flatter me and get benefits from it. What does drought have to do with nobility? Keep in mind the lessons of the previous dynasty. Spoiling your relatives will bring disaster. It was this that the emperor prevented his relatives from holding important posts. In the future, how can Mahalanobis go the same way? " The imperial edict continued: "all the uncles of the Ma family are very rich. As the empress dowager, I'm still hungry for food and plain clothes, and the imperial concubines around me are as frugal as possible. The purpose of doing this is to make an appearance for the next, so that my relatives can reflect on themselves. However, instead of remorse, they laughed at me for being too thrifty. A few days ago, I passed by the gate of Zhuo Longyuan, where my mother's family lived. I saw people coming to my uncle's house from outside to pay homage to him. The cars were running like running water, and the horses were coming and going. It was like a swimming dragon. The servants of their family are well dressed with green clothes and white collars and sleeves. Look at our car. It's far worse than them. I tried to control myself and didn't blame them. They only know how to enjoy themselves, and they don't worry about their country at all. How can I agree to give them more official titles? "

Idiom story

After Liu Ji, Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, Ma Shi, Empress of Liu Zhuang, Emperor Ming of his father, was appointed empress dowager. Empress Dowager Ma wrote Xianzong's living notes in person, without mentioning the credit of her father Ma Yuan and elder brother Ma Fang. She also asked emperor Zhang not to listen to the minister's suggestion of conferring marquis to the Ma family, saying: "I'll go home to see the traffic in front of their door, so I can't seal it any more."

Chinese PinYin : chē shuǐ mǎ lóng