request for financial help(gēng guǐ zhī hū)

request for financial help

The name of genggui is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is g ē nggu ǐ zh ī h ū, which used to be a argot for begging for food in the army. He borrowed money from others.

The origin of Idioms

It is recorded in Zuo Zhuan · AI Gong 13 years written by Zuo Qiuming in the pre Qin period that during the spring and Autumn period, Fu Chai, king of Wu, allied with Jin, Lu and other congressmen, and Shen Shuyi, the Wu official, begged for food from Gongsun Youshan, the Lu official. He replied, "Liang is nothing. There is coarse grain. If you go to the top of the mountain and shout," Geng GUI! " It's a promise

Idiom usage

For example, there is no division or travel. ——Annam of Annam Du Hu Zhang cemetery by Liu Zongyuan of Tang Dynasty

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, the king of Wu, Fu Chai, and the Jin, Lu and other parliament leagues, and Shen Shuyi, a Wu official, borrowed military supplies from Gongsun Youshan, a Lu official. Gongsun you, a doctor of the state of Lu, replied, "there is no sorghum, and there is still some coarse grain. When the time comes, I will climb up the mountain and shout out," genggui! " We'll see. "

Chinese PinYin : gēng guǐ zhī hū