Chicken bone support bed(jī gǔ zhī chuáng)

Chicken bone support bed

The original meaning is to be emaciated and tired on the bed due to excessive bereavement. Later, it is used as a metaphor to show filial piety in the bereavement of parents. Also described as very thin.

Idiom explanation

The original meaning is to be emaciated and tired on the bed due to excessive bereavement. Later, it is used as a metaphor to show filial piety in the bereavement of parents. Also described as very thin.

Discrimination of words

He is very thin. [structure] subject predicate pattern [age] ancient times [similar words] bony [rhyme words] the people are rich and strong, flying high and far, chiseling wall and hanging beam, empty handed White Wolf and birds, good gongcang, dragon blood xuanhuang, many Tibetans are perishing, a reed is navigable, people have no appearance, water has no capacity, short takes long

Idioms and allusions

Wang Rong and Qiao were both mourned at the same time. They were both called filial piety. Wang Jigu supported the bed and wept for the ceremony. Liu Yiqing, Song Dynasty, Southern Dynasty

Idiom story

Wang Rong, the famous filial son in ancient times, and He Qiao both lost their parents at the same time. He Qiao kept filial piety for three years according to customs and habits, and his spirit was not damaged at all. Wang Rong, on the other hand, built a shed in front of his parents' spirit. He accompanied his parents' spirit all day. He was very sad and ate very little. His whole body became as skinny as a log. After three years, he recovered after a long time of recuperation.

Examples of Idioms

Over the past few days, the situation is even worse than before. Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio parasitism in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : jī gǔ zhī chuáng