Climbing the toad to win the laurel(pān chán shé guì)

Climbing the toad to win the laurel

Climbing the toad palace, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ā NCH á NSH é Gu ì, which means climbing the toad palace and taking the laurel; it refers to the imperial examination. It's from Jianfu stele.

The origin of Idioms

The fourth fold of Jianfu stele written by Ma Zhiyuan in Yuan Dynasty: "on that day, I forgot to eat and sleep, and the cast iron inkstone was divided into water for sharpening swords. Today, I climb toads and win laurels, and only when I walk on the price of gold can I find a ladder to heaven."

Analysis of Idioms

Toad Palace

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and attribute. He copied the name of the climber. In Yuan Dynasty, Yang Xianzhi's xiaoxiangyu is the first fold; in Yuan Dynasty, Li Haogu's zhangshengqihai is the second fold: "Xiu, the Yunlong's daughter in the rainy season, has sent a pan Chan to kill GUI junduo."

Chinese PinYin : pān chán shé guì