wooden statues or plaster idols(ní sù mù diāo)

wooden statues or plaster idols

Clay sculpture and wood carving, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n í s ù m ù di ā o, which means idols made of clay and wood; it refers to people's rigid expressions and actions. It's from a warning to the world.

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty's "general admonition of the world" Volume 9: "two classes of civil and military, such as clay sculpture, no one dares to answer."

Idiom usage

It can be used to describe people's actions and expressions.

Examples

Wei Wei's "red ribbon of the earth" V: "at this time, the meeting hall was silent. The senior cadres sitting on the futon, one by one, widened their eyes. They were as stunned as statues of clay sculpture and wood carving."

"Eastern Zhou Dynasty annals" three or four times: "the public suddenly speechless, like wood sculpture in general, only more than two lines of tears." Li Yingru's "wild fire and spring breeze fighting the ancient city" chapter: "seeing her son's shadow disappear in the night, she stands in the cold wind, like a wood sculpture, and does not move."

Volume 30 of "surprise at the first moment of shooting a case" says: "Li Canjun, who is so charming, talks and laughs, does not know where he is in Java. It's more than the clay sculpture. "

Seven chapters of the second episode of Lao Can's Travels: "the most amazing thing is that there are so many men and women behind the production station, all of them are similar in clay sculpture and wood carving. No one talks and laughs, and no one looks around."

The fourth fold of Yuan Wu Ming Shi's the enemy creditor: "some people say that the City God is also carved with clay and wood. What inspiration is there.

Chinese PinYin : ní sù mù diāo