Doushau(dòu shāo chuān yú)

Doushau

Doushao chuanqiu, a Chinese idiom, is spelled D ǒ ush ā ochu ā NY ú, which means a person with narrow popularity, shallow knowledge and humble manners. From the Analects of Confucius · Zilu.

Idiom usage

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Zhang and Zhu Yun were the only people who dared to speak up. When Zhang died and Yun abandoned, the wife of the minister holding Lu Bao was like Zhang Yu and Kong Guang. Therefore, Wang Mang used his talent of doushau to steal the artifact as if he were against Zhuzhang.

The origin of Idioms

"Confucius said:" Alas! A person who fights with Shau is not enough. " In the Analects of Confucius, Yang Huo: "the color is fierce and the inside is fierce. It's like the villains, and their thieves are also related to each other." Su Shi's praise of Wang Yuanzhi's portrait in Song Dynasty said, "what the Duke did will surely astonish the world and break the heart of doushao Chuanchu."

Idiom explanation

Shau: bamboo ware can hold twelve liters. Doushao: it means that people are narrow-minded and superficial. Through: through the wall. 窬: over the wall. It also refers to people who are mean and mean.

Chinese PinYin : dòu shāo chuān yú