humble followers waiting for a pull from their superior(huái nán jī quǎn)

humble followers waiting for a pull from their superior

Huainan chicken dog, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu á in á NJ ī Qu ǎ n, which means Huainan King's chicken and dog. It comes from Wang Chong's Lun Heng Dao Xu of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

He who takes refuge in others and gains power has become an immortal. Liu Yazi's title "yinbingshiji"

The origin of Idioms

Liu An, the king of Huainan, died when he sat down, and the world heard about it. At that time, it was also seen that there was a saying in the Confucian books that he had been promoted to heaven. Wang Chong's Lun Heng · Tao Xu

Idiom story

Liu An, the grandson of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, believed in Taoism very much. In order to live forever, he found the eight immortals and refined the elixir according to their words. After the pill was refined, Liu An felt that he was going up to heaven. The chickens and dogs in the courtyard scrambled to eat the remaining pills and flew to heaven one after another to become immortals.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: huaiwang chicken and dog, chicken and dog rise to heaven

Chinese PinYin : huái nán jī quǎn