To rent one's ears(lìn ěr yōng mù)

To rent one's ears

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is l ì n ě ry ō NGM ù, which means to use what you see and hear. It comes from Qian Qianyi's Fu Xu Juyuan Shu in Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to Qian Qianyi's Fu Xu Juyuan Shu in the Qing Dynasty, "the origin of ancient learning is a little known by wandering and strengthening one's teeth, recording and abusing popular learning, invading and looking for forty people and renting one's ears and servants."

Idiom usage

With the aid of what we have seen and heard

Chinese PinYin : lìn ěr yōng mù