try to shorten the neck of a crane and lengthen that of an owl -- to go against nature(jié hè xù fú)

try to shorten the neck of a crane and lengthen that of an owl -- to go against nature

Jiehe Xufu is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Ji é h è x ù f ú, which means that things are forced to replace and lose their nature. It comes from Zhuangzi's parallel thumb.

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi's parallel thumb: "the elder is not redundant, the shorter is not insufficient. Therefore, although the Fu shin is short, it will be sad if it is continued; while the crane shin is long, it will be sad if it is broken. "

Idiom usage

Serial verb; predicate, attribute; derogatory. examples no longer changeable, focusing on structure, if operator. It's too neat. Kang Youwei, Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

It is said that there was a stupid and kind man in ancient times who saw groups of wild ducks and white cranes pecking and playing in the water. He found that the legs of the crane were long and the legs of the wild duck were short. He thought it was inconvenient to walk together, so he caught them, cut off a leg of the crane and connected it to the foot of the duck, so that they could not walk.

Chinese PinYin : jié hè xù fú