The rest of the chicken and the porpoise(jī tún zhī xī)

The rest of the chicken and the porpoise

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is j ī t ú nzh ī x ī, which means small income. From Han Shi waizhuan.

essential information

[name]: the interest of the chicken and the porpoise [Pinyin]: J ī t ú nzh ī x ī [explanation]: a metaphor for small gains. [source]: Volume 4 of Han Shi waizhuan: "Sima's family does not rely on the interests of chickens and porpoises, and ice cutting family does not seek the entry of cattle and sheep." According to the biography of Feng Yan in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "a man who cuts down on the ice is not good for the rest of the chickens and the porpoises; a minister who is committed to crime is not good for the market."

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: it refers to small income. Examples of idioms: Feng yanzhuan, the book of the later Han Dynasty, written by Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty: "a man who cuts down on the ice is not good for the rest of the chickens and porpoises; a man who commits himself to the throne is not good for the market." Common degree: general emotion color: commendatory words grammar usage: as object; used in figurative sentences idiom structure: partial formal generation time: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : jī tún zhī xī