utter lack of substance(kōng dòng wú wù)

utter lack of substance

Empty, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ō NGD ò NGW ú w ù, meaning there is no content, nothing; mostly refers to speech, speech, article is extremely vague or unrealistic. It comes from Pai Diao, a new account of the world.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty's new sayings of the world - Paidiao: Premier Wang pillowed Zhou Boren's knee, pointed to his belly and said, "what do you have here?" The answer is: "there is nothing in it, but there are hundreds of Rongqing people."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. Lu Xun's letters to Cao Jinghua: however, other literature and art are totally empty, so the publishing world is very lonely. Zhu Ziqing's classic talks · Article 13: apart from the tone, technique and tone, the eight part essay is empty.

Idiom story

Zhou Yi (Y ǐ), also known as Bo Ren, was a minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. As a teenager, he was good at talking. As an adult, he was quite famous. He was humorous, magnanimous, informal, cheerful, and never bothered about a little thing. People at that time praised him as "magnanimous and friendly". Because of his high talent, moral character and reputation, his official position as minister Zuo pushe aroused his brother Zhou Song's dissatisfaction and jealousy. Once, when the two brothers were drinking together, Zhou Song got drunk and threw a burning candle at Zhou Yi. But Zhou Yi only dodged a little, his face was still very calm, and he was not angry at all. He only said slowly, "Anu, it's really a bad idea for you to throw me a candle." during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a kind of "free talk" prevailed among some celebrities. The celebrities were drinking and talking at the same time. They only pay attention to their own personality and don't care about etiquette. In Zhou Yi's family, people often come to drink and chat. One of them is Wang Dao, the prime minister who helped Sima Rui establish the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Zhou family and the Wang family are both famous families in the Central Plains, so the personal relationship between Zhou Yi and Wang Dao is very deep. Once, Wang Dao and Zhou Yi had a very opportunistic talk, and the more they talked, the happier they were. While talking about it, Wang Dao was so happy that he lay on his side and put his head on Zhou Yi's knee. He pointed to Zhou Yi's protruding stomach and asked, "what's in your stomach?" Zhou straightened up, touched his stomach and said humorously, "is it in here? There is nothing, nothing. However, people like you can accommodate hundreds of people. "

Chinese PinYin : kōng dòng wú wù