To shake one's clothes with a bullet(tán guān zhèn yī)
To shake one's clothes with a bullet
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t á NGU ā nzh è NY ī, which means clean and tidy clothes. Later, it is often used as a metaphor for going to be an official. From the songs of Chu, fisherman.
The origin of Idioms
"Fisherman's song of Chu:" the new bather must play the crown, and the new bather must shake his clothes. "
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; used in officialdom.
Examples
He is a hermit in the cave, a man of wisdom, and a man of pleasure. Biography of Li Gu in the book of the later Han Dynasty
According to the biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng in historical records, Qu Yuan said: "I heard about it, the new bather will play the crown, and the new bather will shake his clothes. Who can observe with the body and receive the object? " Or prepare to live in seclusion.
In selected works, Pan Yue's Ode to the western expedition, it is said that "the end of the strategy is to brush the fungus, and the crown is to shake the clothes." It is also used to refer to preparing to be an official.
Chinese PinYin : tán guān zhèn yī
To shake one's clothes with a bullet
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