tiny little place(dàn wán zhī dì)

tiny little place

Tiny place, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à NW á nzh à D à, which refers to the place where the pill is big. The description of the place is very small. It comes from the biography of Yu Qing, the prince of the plain in historical records.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: vast land and abundant resources, vast land and few people

Idiom usage

Xiqi city is only a small area, and Jiang Ziya is only a shallow man. Chapter 44 of the romance of Fengshen by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Yu Qing, the ruler of the plain in historical records, "the place of this pill is given to the emperor, so that the Qin Dynasty will attack the king again in the coming year, and the king will not cut off the inside but make peace?"

Idioms and allusions

During the Warring States period, the six countries attacked each other and fought continuously. once, the state of Qin defeated the Zhao army in Changping (now the northwest of Gaoping City, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province) and demanded six cities of Zhao, otherwise it would continue to send troops. The state of Zhao was in a panic. The king of Zhao hesitated and didn't know what to do. However, the king of Zhao asked Lou Huan, who had just come to the state of Zhao from the state of Qin, for advice. At the beginning, Lou Huan refused to say what he thought. At the repeated requests of the king of Zhao, he said, "I just came to Zhao from the state of Qin, and I'm a little embarrassed. It's not a good way to say no. you have to doubt that I'm for the state of Qin, so I dare not say. If I really think about it for you, I suggest you give the city to the state of Qin. " Yu Qing, Minister of the state of Zhao, heard this and said to the point: "this is Lou Huan's sophistry to hide his true intention. After the first World War in Changping, the state of Qin came back tired. If we promise to give it to the six cities of the state of Qin, we will actually help the state of Qin get what they can't do. " The king of Zhao told Lou Huan what Yu Qing said. Lou Huan said: "does Yu Qing fully know what the strength of the state of Qin can achieve? If he really knows that the strength of the state of Qin is not enough, then the six cities, which are as small as bullets, can not be given. If the state of Qin comes to attack the king again next year, it will not be the problem of the six cities. Instead, it will have to cede large areas of rich land to make peace. "

Chinese PinYin : dàn wán zhī dì