regard with special esteem(guā mù xiāng dài)

regard with special esteem

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ā m ù Xi ā NGD à I, which means to get rid of the old view and look at people or things with a new perspective. It is also called a new look, which comes from Zizhi Tongjian.

Idiom explanation

Scraping eyes: wiping eyes means looking at people with new eyes. It is a metaphor to get rid of old ideas and look at people or things with new eyes.

The origin of Idioms

The annotation of the biography of Lu Meng in the annals of the Three Kingdoms quotes the biography of Jiang Biao: "three days after a scholar's departure, that is to say, I will be more impressed."

Idioms and allusions

Source 1: Pei Songzhi's annotation of the biography of Lu Meng in Wu Zhi of the Three Kingdoms quoted Yu Pu's biography of Jiang Biao in Jin Dynasty: "Su Pei Meng said:" I am the eldest brother, but I have a martial ear. Up to now, I have learned a lot, not to return to Wu and a Meng. " Meng said: "farewell for three days, that is to say, we will treat each other with more respect..." Source 2: Sun Quan's persuasion in Volume 66 of Zizhitongjian, and Lu Su's discussion with Meng after seeking Yang, were shocked and said: "Qing's talent and strategy is not to return Wu to amung!" Meng said, "three days after parting, that is to say, I'm even more impressed. Why is it so late for you to see this?" In the Three Kingdoms period, there was a famous general LV Meng in the east Wu. After Lu Su died, he succeeded as the governor of the east Wu. He once designed to defeat Guan Yu, the famous general of Shu, and his department pan Zhang captured Guan Yu alive, which fully demonstrated his military talent. LV Meng is not only a general, but also a versatile person, capable of both literature and martial arts. However, when Lu Meng was a child, he was a man who did not love reading and study hard. When I grow up, although I have martial arts skills, I don't have much knowledge. When Lu Su first saw Lu Meng, he felt that he was a reckless man, and had nothing to recommend. He looked down upon him. One day, Sun Quan, the king of Wu, couldn't see it past, so he said to LV Meng, "Lv Meng, you are in an important position now, and you are in charge of power. In such a position, you can't rely on a little cleverness to enrich yourself without further study." Lu Meng touched his head and said with a smile, "yes, I really want to learn something, but I have to train soldiers and deal with things in the army every day. I've been standing busy from sunrise to sunset. How can I have time to learn!" Sun Quan said, "what are you saying! I don't want you to study classics, become a learned scholar and become a teacher? I just think that you should extensively learn some knowledge, enrich your mind, broaden your horizons, and apply some knowledge to military operations. You don't have to master it deeply. You said you had to deal with a lot of things. Is your business more important than mine? I have to be in charge of all the people in the world and deal with many memorials every day, but I often feel that I lack knowledge and I have to spare some time to read every day. Over time, I feel that I have gained a lot. Think about it. " LV Meng felt that Sun Quan was right, so he began to study. at first, LV Meng felt very unaccustomed to it and dozed off with the book. However, he insisted on it when he thought that he really had little knowledge and needed to make up lessons. In this way, every day when I came back from the barracks, I studied hard until late at night. Everything comes to him who waits! Gradually, the soldiers in the barracks began to find that general Wu had a good command of his speech. He no longer used to use rude and dirty words as before, and his words were also very profound and a little bookish. Sun Quan, the king of Wu, saw LV Meng's rapid progress and praised him in public. One day, Lu Su, a famous general of the eastern Wu Dynasty, passed by Xunyang and met LV Meng. LV Meng discussed with him about the world affairs. At the beginning, Lu Su wanted to be perfunctory, but when he said that, he was surprised to find that LV Meng's speech was extraordinary and his analysis of the situation of the authorities was also very insightful. He was surprised to say: "general Wu, your ability and strategy are no longer comparable to those of LV Meng in the past!" Lu Meng said with a smile: "after a few days apart, you should polish your eyes and look at his talent again. Man, why do you see things changing so late?" Lu Su laughed: "yes, I admire you very much. I won't leave today. Let's have a good chat!" "Good! Let's go to our house. My mother is a good cook. " Lu Su then paid a visit to Lu Meng's mother and made good friends with her. The next day, he left reluctantly.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: look at each other with new eyes, etc.

Idiom usage

It is used to achieve remarkable achievements. It's really impressive that you have made such rapid progress in a short time. Yesterday you can't do anything, but today you can do everything. It's really impressive.

Chinese PinYin : guā mù xiāng dài