would have offered to a god(jìng ruò shén míng)

would have offered to a god

Respect God, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì ngru ò sh é nm í ng, which means respect each other like respect God. To describe the extreme worship of someone or something. It is often used in derogatory sense. From Zuo Zhuan, the fourteenth year of Xianggong.

Idiom usage

Love is like parents, respect is like gods, can enjoy the country for many years. Old book of Tang: biography of Li mi

The origin of Idioms

In the fourteenth year of Xianggong in Zuozhuan written by Zuo Qiuming in the spring and Autumn period, "the people lead their monarchs, love them as their parents, respect them as the sun and the moon, respect them as gods, and fear them as thunder."

Chinese PinYin : jìng ruò shén míng