Flowing water(liú shuǐ yóu lóng)

Flowing water

Liushuiyoulong, a Chinese idiom, is Li ú Shu ǐ y ó UL ó ng. It comes from empress Ma of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As subject, object and attributive, it describes the bustling scene [example] the flowing water and dragons are relaxing day and night, tasting plain bamboo and sad silk. Qing Dynasty: Li Ciming's poem "feeling of strong wind"

The origin of Idioms

The language version of empress Ma of Ming Dynasty in the history of empress of the later Han Dynasty: "when I passed Zhuo Longmen, I saw a stranger asking about the living people. The car was like running water, the horse was like wandering dragon, the warehouse was covered with green clothes, the leader was white, and the ruler was not far away."

Analysis of Idioms

A lot of traffic

Idiom story

After Zhang Di Liu Ji ascended the throne in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Shi, Empress of his father Ming Di Liu Zhuang, was granted the title of Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager Ma wrote Xianzong's living notes in person, without mentioning the credit of her father Ma Yuan and elder brother Ma Fang. She also asked emperor Zhang not to listen to the minister's suggestion of conferring marquis to the Ma family, saying: "I'll go home to see the traffic in front of their door, so I can't seal it any more."

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