clasp the moon in the Ninth Heaven(jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè)

clasp the moon in the Ninth Heaven

Jiutianlangyue, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ǔ Ti ā NL ǎ NYU è, which means to pick the moon at the top of the sky. It often describes ambition. It comes from Shuyun, the farewell book of xietiaolou in Xuanzhou.

Idiom explanation

Picking: picking.

The origin of Idioms

Li Bai of Tang Dynasty wrote "farewell to Shuyun at xietiaolou in Xuanzhou" that "we are all in the mood of prosperity, and we want to see the bright moon in the blue sky."

Idiom usage

You can go up and down to catch turtles. The lyrics of Mao Zedong's shuidiaogtou: go back to Jinggangshan

Chinese PinYin : jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè