Twisting the earth to burn incense
Nian Tu Fen Xiang is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Ni ǎ NT ǔ f é nxi ā ng, which means that it is too late to prepare incense to express piety. It comes from Meng Hanqing's moheluo in Yuan Dynasty.
[interpretation] it is not enough to prepare incense, which means piety. It is the same as "twisting the earth for fragrance".
[source] the first fold of Meng Hanqing's "moheluo" in Yuan Dynasty: "I'm here to burn incense and paint the furnace. I'm busy looking after it. Thank you for your protection."
Chinese PinYin : niǎn tǔ fén xiāng
Twisting the earth to burn incense
cravenly cling to life instead of braving death. tān shēng pà sǐ
not allow others to put in a word. bù róng zhì huì
Fish in the pond and birds in the cage. chí yú lóng niǎo
wait till the yellow river runs clear water. sì hé zhī qīng