some goods in short supply , hoarded or cornered for making excess or enormous profit(qí huò kě jū)

some goods in short supply , hoarded or cornered for making excess or enormous profit

Rare goods, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í Hu ò K ě J ū, which means to store rare goods and wait for them to be sold at a high price. It is often used to refer to making profits by virtue of a particular skill or thing. It comes from the biography of Lu Buwei in historical records.

Analysis of Idioms

Hoarding is hard to sell

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Lu Buwei in historical records: "Lu Buwei was in Handan, and when he saw Zi Chu, he pitied him and said," this is a rare commodity. "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, object, attribute; derogatory. Old Liu Xin collected an antique. He thought it was a rare commodity and refused to sell it easily. But they took the ticket as ~, and refused to put it back until they had enough money. Yao xueyin's "Li Zicheng", Vol.1, Chapter 25, and "learning from children, qionglin, Vol.3, personnel category:" if there is great profit, it is a rare commodity. 」

Idioms and allusions

Lu Buwei, a great businessman of Yangzhai, often appeared in the streets of Handan, the capital of Zhao state. Come and go, buy and sell. He has made a lot of money on hand. It can be said that his family has a lot of money. On this day, LV Buwei was walking in the street when a man came across and caught his attention. I saw that life had a face like powder, and lips like vermilion. Although his clothes were ordinary, he did not lose his noble spirit at all. LV Buwei can't help but call himself surprised. After the man passed by, he asked a peddler nearby: who is the one who just passed by? It turned out that he was a hostage left by the state of Qin in the state of Zhao. His name was strange man. He was the son of an Guojun, the son of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. An Guojun had more than 20 sons, but none of them were born to his wife Huayang. A strange mother named Xia Ji. Xia Ji was not favored and died early. Therefore, when Qin and Zhao Mianchi allied and exchanged hostages, a stranger came to Handan, the capital of Zhao state. After the stranger came to Handan, because the state of Qin constantly attacked the state of Zhao, the king of Zhao became angry with him and detained him in Congtai, where he was supervised day and night by the doctor Gongsun Qian. He leads a boring life of no car, no wife, no food and no wine. He is unhappy all day After listening to the peddler's introduction, LV Buwei thought for a moment and said with a hearty laugh: ha ha, he is really mumbling. The strange goods can be hoarded first, and then a big business can be done. Hahaha! LV Buwei first made friends with Gongsun Qian, who was in charge of the alien, and then met the alien. Once he drank with Gongsun Qian and other people. When he was half drunk, taking advantage of Gongsun Qian's opportunity to go to the toilet, LV Buwei asked the alien: the king of Qin is old. Prince an Guojun's favorite is lady Huayang, but she has no son. There are more than 20 brothers in your family, and none of them is in favor so far. Why don't you return to the state of Qin at this time and go to find Mrs. Huayang and ask to be her son. In this way, you may have the hope of establishing a reserve in the future! the stranger replied tearfully: why don't I hope to be like this? Alas! I'm in another country, and I hate that I have no plan to get away from it! LV Buwei said: it's easy to do. I can try my best to save you from going back to China! the stranger said: if you can save me from going back to China, you can share with me if you can get glory and wealth in the future! in order to call the stranger back to China, LV Buwei came to Xianyang, capital of the state of Qin. Not long after, LV Buwei found out that Mrs. Huayang had a sister who was also in Xianyang city. In order to meet Mrs. Huayang, LV Buwei managed to meet Mrs. Huayang's sister first. After the meeting, he first took Zhao's jinyubao with him and won her favor. Then he gave a detailed account of how the stranger was virtuous, how he missed his hometown, how he wanted to recognize Mrs. Huayang as his biological mother, and how he planned to be filial to Mrs. Huayang in the future. His words deeply moved Mrs. Huayang's sister. a day later, Mrs. Huayang's sister went to see Mrs. Huayang. She stated again what LV Buwei had said to her. Mrs. Huayang was very happy. Immediately, she said that she was willing to take the stranger back home and take him in. This is only the first step. At that time, Qin Jun was the king of Qin Zhaoxiang. If a stranger can return home, he must nod his head. However, because of the alliance in Mianchi, King Zhaoxiang of Qin was teased by Lin Xiangru. He hated the state of Zhao in his heart. Therefore, he did not regard the return of foreign people as one thing. What should we do? LV Buwei is working hard again. Later, he learned that Yang quanjun, the younger brother of the queen, was also in Xianyang. He wanted to persuade the queen through Yang quanjun, and then the king Zhaoxiang through the queen. So, he used a lot of money to buy access road and met Yang quanjun. LV Buwei said to Yang quanjun: you are a senior official and enjoy a high salary. But can you be a high official, rich and noble for a long time? Naturally, there is a queen and king to protect you now. However, the king and the queen are old. Will the prince continue to protect you in case of a landslide. Why don't you try to extradite Wang Sunyi, who is staying in the state of Zhao today, to be the suitable son of an Guojun and his wife Huayang? If you do that, an Guojun and his wife Huayang will be very grateful to you. In that way, your high official position, high salary and wealth will be protected again. LV Buwei's plan is right in Yang quanjun's mind. On that day, he went to the queen and told LV Buwei what he had said. When the queen went to see King Zhaoxiang, she repeated Yang quanjun's words Finally, King Zhaoxiang of Qin said that he was willing to take the stranger back to China. Then LV Buwei packed up and went back to Handan. LV Buwei spent a lot of money and energy. It seems that the time for foreign people to return home is coming. But at this time, LV Buwei hesitated. He's got a lot of brains and ideas. He thought: the most important thing for him is to benefit from a king of Qin. How can it last for a long time? How can we benefit from the next generation of Qin king in the future He thinks far and hard. In this way, he thought of Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji is a beautiful woman who is good at singing and dancing. LV Buwei likes her very much. They have been living together secretly for a long time. Zhao Ji has been pregnant for more than two months. LV Buwei thought: Zhao Ji should be dedicated to a stranger. In the future, I gave birth to my blood and bone, grew up and succeeded to the throne. At that time, the kingdom of Qin was the kingdom of Lu. In that case, the profit of the business we are engaged in will be endless. So soon he set up a Chinese banquet at all costs. At the banquet, he let Zhao Ji come forward to seduce the stranger, and finally, let the stranger and Zhao Ji form a husband and wife, to achieve his goal. Strange people get Zhao Ji, like fish in water, love very much. More than a month later, Zhao Ji told the stranger that she was pregnant. Strange people do not know its origin, only the way is his blood, the more happy. A few months later, Zhao Ji gave birth to a boy named Zheng. He was the first emperor of Qin who later annexed six countries. In the 50th year of emperor Zhaoxiang, Qin soldiers besieged Handan, and LV Buwei led the strange people in disguise, mixed with the common people, mixed out of Handan and returned to Xianyang. After returning to Xianyang, Lu Buwei was favored by his wife Huayang, king an and even King Qin Zhaoxiang. Soon after, King Zhaoxiang passed away, and king an was made king; and king an passed away, and a strange man was made king. As soon as he became the king of Qin, he asked LV Buwei to be the prime minister, and was named wenxinhou. He went to Luoyang, Henan Province to enjoy the support of 100000 families. Later, the stranger died and became king. Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of the government, is known as the second father When doing odd goods business, LV Buwei got a big profit and wanted to be famous again. at that time, there were Xinling emperor in Wei, Chunshen emperor in Chu, Pingyuan emperor in Zhao and mengchang emperor in Qi. All the four gentlemen like to invite guests. Their reputation as courteous and virtuous corporal is well known all over the world. In order to enjoy the reputation of a sage, LV Buwei followed the example of the fourth young master and invited many guests. He treated the guests as if he were thicker than the fourth son. Therefore, in a very short period of time, he had more than 3000 capable and intelligent people. Later, he followed the example of a hundred schools of thought and wrote books. The guests of Mingmen wrote down what they had seen and heard, and compiled them into eight readings, six treatises and twelve periods, with 200000 words. This book was later handed down as Lu's spring and Autumn Annals.

Chinese PinYin : qí huò kě jū