One meal before the other(lǐ xiān yī fàn)

One meal before the other

Li xianyifan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ǐ Xi ā NY ī f à n, which means that you are a little older in etiquette, and it also means that you should be kind to others first in etiquette. It comes from Guoyu, Yue Yushang.

Idiom explanation

A meal is a meal, which means a very short time.

The origin of Idioms

"Guoyu. Yue Yu Shang" says: "in the past, Yue was given to Wu by heaven, but Wu didn't take orders. Today, Wu Yu Yue is given to Wu, and the more he can listen to the king's orders instead of heaven's orders? I asked Wang Yong to say, "are you and I two kings?" Fu Chai said to him, "I'll give you a meal first. "Wei Zhao notes:" Yan Ji is older than the king of Yue. He feels that he is not as good as a meal, so he wants to be spared. It's also called "the first meal".

Analysis of Idioms

Courtesy comes first

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, etc. example it is an old horse who knows the way to serve first. Qian Qianyi, Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : lǐ xiān yī fàn