Twist the earth for fragrance
Niantu Weixiang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ni ǎ NT ǔ w é IXI ā ng, which means to knead because it is not enough to prepare incense. From Duxing magazine.
The origin of Idioms
The fifth volume of Du Xing magazine by Zeng Minxing of Song Dynasty: "there is a reason for twisting the soil for incense. Now it is better to be false than true."
Idiom usage
Yuan · Zheng Tingyu's the first fold of seeing the slave: "I don't have that incense either. I just turn the earth into incense and pray for the gods to see me."
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: twisting earth and burning incense
Chinese PinYin : niǎn tǔ wéi xiāng
Twist the earth for fragrance
Money makes the devil go. yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
with tangled hair and plain clothes. luàn tóu cū fú