A strong duck turns into a crane(qiǎng fú biàn hè)

A strong duck turns into a crane

The Chinese idiom "Qiang Fu Bian he" means to change a wild duck into a crane. It's useless to make up for a number. It comes from Zhuangzi's parallel thumb.

Idiom explanation

Qi ǎ NGF ú Bi à NH è means to change a wild duck into a crane. It's useless to make up for a number.

Idioms and allusions

Source: it is said in Zhuangzi's parallel thumb that "although the Fu's shin is short, it will be sad if it is continued; although the crane's shin is long, it will be sad if it is broken." Example: in Qing Dynasty, Li Yu's "leisure and occasional mail, CI and Qu, binbai" said: "the so-called" giving more "means that it can not be deleted. It is not to sing the sand and make rice, and it is also to give more."

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as predicate, attribute and object; used in dealing with affairs. degree of common use: General emotional color: derogatory words idiom structure: verb object type generation time: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : qiǎng fú biàn hè