castles in the air(kōng zhōng lóu gé)

castles in the air

Castle in the air, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ō ngzh ō NGL ó UG é, refers to the city tower hanging in the air. It also refers to fictional things or unrealistic theories and schemes. It comes from Tianguan book in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

"Tianguanshu" in historical records: "the mirage meteorological building near the sea, the vast wild air, the palace is empty."

Idiom usage

As a subject or object; of illusory things. [example] for the real, it is perfunctory, not artificial, and it is well founded; for the empty, it is formed at will, and it is invisible. Li Yu, Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

The idiom of building a mansion in the clouds

Idioms and stories

Once upon a time, there were rich people who were ignorant. When I came to the rich family, I saw the sanchonglou, Gao Guangyan and Li, and I admired it. I thought: I have the capital to build this building, but I asked the craftsmen to do so. The next day, the craftsmen passed the brick, and the day went by. Seeing the strange, the rich man asked, "what do you want to do?" The craftsman said, "first make the bottom heavy." The rich man said, "I don't want to go down to a heavy house." The craftsman was surprised: "why don't you be the third one instead of the next?" The rich insist that this is what they want. When people hear about it, they don't despise it.

Idiom story

Once upon a time, there was a rich man in the mountain village. He is very rich, but he is dull by nature and does stupid things, so he is often ridiculed by the villagers. one day, a stupid rich man went to a rich man's house in a neighboring village. When he saw a three story new house, spacious and bright, tall and magnificent, he was very envious. He thought: I have money too, and I am not less than him. He has such a building, but I don't. what's that like? As soon as he got home, he sent for the craftsmen and asked, "do you know who built the new building in the neighboring village?" The craftsmen replied, "yes, we built that building." The stupid rich man was very happy and said, "great, you can build it for me again. Remember that a house as like as two peas in three floors is exactly the same as that one. As the craftsmen agreed, they murmured in their hearts. I don't know what stupid things he will do this time. But in any case, they had to do as they were told, and everyone was busy. One day, the rich man came to the construction site and looked around. He was very puzzled and asked the craftsman who was laying the foundation, "what are you doing?" "To build a three story house is what you ordered." "No, No. What I want you to build is the house on the third floor. I just want the top layer and the bottom two layers. I don't want them. Take them down. Build the top layer first. " the craftsmen laughed and said, "as long as the top layer, we can't make it. You can make it yourself." When the craftsmen left, the foolish rich man looked at the house base in a daze. He didn't know that as long as the top layer, not the bottom two layers, no matter how skillful the craftsman was.

Chinese PinYin : kōng zhōng lóu gé