Scabies(jiè xuǎn zhī jí)

Scabies

The disease of scabies, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji è Xu ǎ nzh ī J í, which means a minor disease that does little harm. It comes from the direct admonition of the spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu family.

Notes on Idioms

Scabies, ringworm: mild skin disease.

The origin of Idioms

"Lu's spring and Autumn Annals, direct admonition:" Fu Qi's in Wu also, scabies disease also

Idiom usage

As the subject or object; of unimportant things. Although I'm under the human condition, my eyebrows and eyelashes are not as good as the tools of fighting Shau or the disease of scabies. The second discount of Peidu huandai by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : jiè xuǎn zhī jí