Foxtail millet(máo fà sī sù)

Foxtail millet

Mao FA Si Su, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced m á of à s à s à, which means to describe very small things. It comes from the book of neihan in Ouyang, Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Ouyang Xun of Song Dynasty wrote in the book of upper Ouyang neihan: "the talents with hair and millet are rising one after another."

Idiom usage

Commendatory words are used as objects and attributives; they are used to describe very small things.

Chinese PinYin : máo fà sī sù