The earth is divided into two parts(liè tǔ fēn máo)

The earth is divided into two parts

The Chinese idiom, pronounced Li è t ǔ f ē nm á o, means to use the soil wrapped in white grass to confer on the sealed people, symbolizing the granting of land and power. It comes from Yu Gong, the book of history.

The origin of Idioms

Yu Gong, the book of history: "Jue Gong has five colors of soil. Kong yingdashu: "the king granted the five colored soil as a society. If the feudal princes cut off their colored soil and made them return to the country to establish a society Each square is covered with loess according to its square color. When it cuts the soil, it uses white grass to wrap the soil.

Idiom usage

United type; used as predicate; refers to the enfeoffment of land. The seventh chapter of the history of pain by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty: "in the future, when the rivers and mountains are restored, they must be ~, in order to repay today." Song Xin Qiji's "Dongxian song: Zhao Jinchen and Li nengbo rhyme have split soil and divide grass" words: "Kuang Manwu, Diao Chan is not proud, remember split soil and divide grass, is the public life." In Ren Zi by Ye Shi of the Song Dynasty, "in ancient times, people divided the land into two parts to repay the meritorious service of their officials and make their descendants inherit it, so they paid their ancestors and descended."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: different from each other

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