pass from mouth to mouth with approbation
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Chu á NW é im ě it á n, which means to spread and become something that people praise. It comes from Gongyang Zhuan, the second year of Min Gong.
Analysis of Idioms
A good story
Idiom usage
On New Year's day, when people were not happy, they were dressed and sent out. Xiaoshan is still a beautiful place to talk about. The collection of ancestral halls without masters by Zhang Dai in Ming Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
In the second year of Min Gong, the biography of Gongyang: "the people of Lu still think it's a good talk."
Chinese PinYin : chuán wéi měi tán
pass from mouth to mouth with approbation
emulate those better than oneself. jiàn dé sī qí
The shoulder follows the tooth. jiān cóng chǐ xù
deceive the public so as to build up a reputation. qī shì dào míng
to make things go from bad to worse. fù xīn jiù huǒ
a flying moth darts into the fire. fēi é pū huǒ
barren hills and turbulent rivers. qióng shān è shuǐ