Nine pass tiger and leopard(jiǔ guān hǔ bào)

Nine pass tiger and leopard

Jiuguan Hubao is a Chinese idiom, its pronunciation is Ji ǔ Gu ā NH ǔ B à o, which is interpreted as a metaphor for ferocious powerful officials. It comes from the songs of Chu, evocation.

The origin of Idioms

"The songs of Chu evoke the soul:" the nine passes of tiger and leopard, Peck and harm the servants. " In Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen Zhai's "maipitang (Wen Tiao ran)" CI: "fame is a matter of not believing in the scale of the morning and the feather of the evening. It's like this. "

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; of a vicious person. Example: who is afraid if you can't see the sun and swallow it? The difficult journey by Chen Menglei in Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Qu Yuan was exiled by King Huai of Chu. King Huai of Chu died in the hands of the Qin people. He wrote "evocation" to mourn: the soul of the king of Chu should come back quickly. Don't go to heaven. It's necessary to go to heaven through the nine gates. Every gate is guarded by tigers and leopards. They are ferocious and eat people. It's too dangerous. You'd better come back

Chinese PinYin : jiǔ guān hǔ bào