Scorching lips and dry tongue(jiāo chún gàn shé)

Scorching lips and dry tongue

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Ji ā och ú ng ā NSH é, which means to be worried and the tongue is dry. From the Confucius family language qujie

The origin of Idioms

"Qujie, Confucius' family language," said: "I tasted alone, but I did not expect that I was able to prosper Wu. I was trapped in Kuaiji. I felt pain in my bone marrow. I scorched my lips and dry my tongue day and night. I wanted to die one after another with the king of Wu."

Word analysis

It is also called "scorched lips and dry tongue". It is said that the heart is burning, and the tongue is dry. "Qujie, Confucius' family language," said: "I tasted alone, but I did not expect that I was able to prosper Wu. I was trapped in Kuaiji. I felt pain in my bone marrow. I scorched my lips and dry my tongue day and night. I wanted to die one after another with the king of Wu." The biography of Zhongni's disciples in historical records: "the pain of the orphan entered the bone marrow, scorched lips and dry tongue day and night, and he wanted to die one after another with the king of Wu." Lips, one for "lips.". Also save for "scorched lips.". "The imperial court scorched its lips, and the common people were miserable

Chinese PinYin : jiāo chún gàn shé