ability in petty things(diāo chóng zhuàn kè)

ability in petty things

Carving insects and seal cutting, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is di à och ó ngzhu à NK è, which means to compare the small skills of CI Zhang. From fayan · my son.

Notes on Idioms

"Insect" refers to insect book, and "engrave" refers to engraved characters, each of which is a type.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yangxiong's fayan · my son: "or ask:" my son is few but good at Fu? " He said, "yes. "Children's carving and insect carving." Russia said, "a strong man will not do it."

Idiom usage

Example: the rhyme book of answering Lu Jue's questions written by Liang Shenyue in the Southern Dynasty: "it's the carving of insects and seals with the analogy of Ziyun, but yunzhuangfu doesn't do it." Wang Anshi, Song Dynasty, wrote in the book of the speech of emperor Renzong: "however, those who are not good at it can learn how to carve insects and seal cutting, so that they can enter Gongqing." Kuang · Zhou Yi's Huifeng Cihua Volume 5: "it's suitable to inherit yuan and Ming Ci. I want to respect Si Dao and wash the sarcasm of carving insects and seal cutting." It is also called "carving insects and seal characters". In the second chapter of the jade hairpin written by Gao Lian of Ming Dynasty: "there is no need for tears. There is a day when eyebrows are raised on the forehead and the seal characters are engraved on the face of insects. I am very relaxed here. " It is said that "carving insects" is still "insect carving" ("Tong carving"), and "seal cutting" is still "carving". Refer to Jiang Lihong's Yi Fu Xu Diao.

Chinese PinYin : diāo chóng zhuàn kè