sir , lift your hand high that i may pass under it as under your mercy(gāo tái guì shǒu)

sir , lift your hand high that i may pass under it as under your mercy

High hand, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ā ot á IGU ì sh ǒ u, which originally means to let people pass by with a higher hand. It is extended as a polite expression when asking for forgiveness and accommodation, asking for forgiveness, etc. It comes from "Yichuan strike Earth collection · Xie Ning Temple Cheng Hui Xi Yi".

Idiom usage

The other person's hand can be raised to let the person pass. A polite expression for asking for forgiveness or accommodation. It means to muddle along and ask the opposite party to turn a blind eye. The fourth fold of fan Zian's bamboo leaf boat in Yuan Dynasty: "I'm a fool. How can I know that the true immortal has fallen down? I only hope to raise my hand and brush away the worldly things with me." In the 23 chapters of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua written by Lan Ling Xiaosheng in Ming Dynasty, "Niang is a little master. She doesn't hold high her hand, but she can't stand for a while." The third chapter of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in Ming Dynasty: I don't want to offend the officials by mistake. I hope I can beg for forgiveness and hold high my hand. In the 47th chapter of Shuihu by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty, song Gongming's book of life and death on two repairs of putiandiao and ZHUJIAZHUANG of song Gongming's book of life and death: "look down at the thin face, hold high your hand, and forgive." Shi Hui, Ming Dynasty: "Niangzi Yuanlai is the daughter of an official family. I, Jiang Shilong, can't bear it when I look at the painting hall. Instead, I sit with my wife. I hope that she will hold high her hand and forgive Jiang Shilong for his sin." Lin Mengchu, Ming Dynasty, Volume 14 of the second moment of surprise: "I hope you can raise your hand, forgive me, let me pay homage to you, and redeem this crime." Wu Jingzi's the sixth chapter of the scholars in the Qing Dynasty: the squire's illness and the boatman's widow's unjust accusation against uncle Yan: now I just want to ask Master Yan's kindness and respect. Please forgive him! In Qing Dynasty, Li Ruzhen wrote three or seven chapters in Jing Hua Yuan: "I only ask the princess to hold high her hand, and don't remember her former enmity." Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Volume 2, Chapter 3: "please forgive me for my dog's life."

Idiom story

In the old days, when performing in the countryside, the squires usually paid for the troupe to perform in the ancestral temples. Then they sold tickets to the masses to make money, and the masses came into the theatre with tickets. Of course, there is only one side door open in the theater, and the tickets are collected by a strong man. When no one enters, the strong man's legs are on the threshold and his hands are on the doorframe to prevent him from sneaking into the theater without tickets. Children in rural areas want to go to the theatre, but they have no money to buy tickets. Some children would look at the empty side of the gate to the strong man plead, while watching, master the "fire", waiting for the opportunity to gently hold up the strong man's arm, said: "uncle, please raise your arm a little bit!" So the child took advantage of the opportunity to go into the play from the armpit of the strong man. Later, scholars changed "please raise your arm" into "please raise your hand", which means to ask for "mercy", and then extended it to all kinds of occasions.

The origin of Idioms

Shao Yong of Song Dynasty wrote in Yichuan strike Earth collection, Xie Ning Temple Cheng Huixi Yi: "he can consider current affairs, hold high his hand, be good at human feelings, and shake his head slightly."

Chinese PinYin : gāo tái guì shǒu