the monsters and freaks of all descriptions(niú guǐ shé shén)

the monsters and freaks of all descriptions

Niugui Sheshen, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced Ni ú Gu ǐ sh é n, niugui: the ghost of Niutou. Snake god: the God of the snake. A general term for ghosts. It describes the fantasy and absurdity of the work. It refers to all kinds of bad people. From preface to Li He's collection by Li He of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. Example 1: "the October Revolution, like a cannon, scared the wild wolves and tigers, and panicked." 2. The eighty second chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: there is a kind of ridiculous feeling that there is nothing in the stomach. He talks about things and thinks he is OBO. 3. Biography of heroes and Heroines: as for the curtain makers in other provinces, they are really ghosts and gods. [example 4] the second chapter of the sequel of Lao Can's travels by Liu e of Qing Dynasty: "if there are two ways of official and private affairs, there are all kinds of things. It's more rude than that!"

The origin of Idioms

The preface to Li He's collection: "the whale sucks the turtle and throws it, the ox, the ghost, the snake and the God, which is not enough for its absurdity."

Idiom story

During the Tang Dynasty, Li He, a versatile and short-lived poet, left many famous poems, such as "the rooster sings white all over the world" and "the black clouds oppress the city to destroy it". Du Mu, a poet of the same generation, wrote a preface to Li He's poems for him. He commented on his poems as "the whale, the turtle and the snake are not enough for their absurdity."

Chinese PinYin : niú guǐ shé shén