narrate anecdotes of the past in alluding to the present(jiè gǔ yù jīn)

narrate anecdotes of the past in alluding to the present

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji è g ǔ y ù J ī n, which means to use ancient things to describe modern people and things in reality. From Zhang Juzheng.

Idiom explanation

Borrow: borrow; metaphor: metaphor.

The origin of Idioms

The eighth chapter of the third volume of Zhang Juzheng written by Xiong Zhaozheng: "Zhang Juzheng did not speak his own point of view in a straight tube. Instead, he broke off the beginning of the story and used the past to describe the present."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attribute, or object. Please don't use poetry as a metaphor for the past. We are very sober.

Chinese PinYin : jiè gǔ yù jīn