insignificant skills(diāo chóng xiǎo jì)

insignificant skill

Diaocangxiaoji, a Chinese idiom, is a Pinyin of di ā och ó ngxi ǎ OJ ì, which refers to tiny skills. It is also used to modestly refer to poems or articles written by oneself. It comes from the biography of Li Hun in Beishi.

Idiom explanation

Carving: carving; insect: refers to bird insect book, a type of ancient Chinese characters. A metaphor for a subtotal or trivial skill.

The origin of Idioms

Biography of Li Hun in northern history: "I'm not as good as Qing in carving insects and I'm not as good as Qing in national regulations."

Idioms and allusions

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Han Chaozong. He was very warm-hearted and often helped some young people find good jobs. Everyone respected him very much. One day, a young man named Li Bai wrote a letter to Han Chaozong, asking Han Chaozong to help introduce his work. At the end of the letter, he wrote: "I'm afraid of carving insects. It's not suitable for adults." I'm afraid the article I wrote is just a little trick, not enough for adults to appreciate. Li Bai, a modest young man, became a famous poet!

Idiom usage

A small writing skill or skill. It's more formal, as the subject and object. It is often derogatory to use it in others. Sometimes it is also used for self modesty. In Zhu Ziqing's the development of Poetry Criticism: "originally, some people regard poetry itself as ~, so the poetry criticism is even smaller, which is not enough for deep discussion."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] carving insects and seal cutting [antonym] brilliant

Chinese PinYin : diāo chóng xiǎo jì