Stepping stone(qiāo mén zhuān)

Stepping stone

Knocking brick refers to picking bricks to knock on the door and discarding the bricks after the door is opened. It refers to the means of seeking fame and wealth. Song Zengmin's "Duxing magazine" Volume 5: "one day, Chongyuan came and went out of the window. Dongpo asked," what is it? " Chong Yuan said, "Sui Lai." Dongpo said: "it can be said that since the great blessing, Suiyuan has been established." When Gai Chong Yuan became an official, he wrote Fu sentences. Chong Yuan said: "knock on the door, the public still remember!" Later, he used the "stepping stone" as a metaphor to describe the tools used by scholars to seek fame. Once they reached their goal, they could discard them. To a young friend who writes new poetry by Zhu Guangqian: "poetry is not an empty doctrine, nor a stepping stone. In the United States, there is a saying: "eyes are the windows of the soul, teeth are the stepping stones in the workplace."

essential information

Knock on brick (Qi ā om é nzhu ā n), also known as "knock on brick", "knock on tile". explanation: bricks and stones knocking at the door. Metaphor is a tool to seek fame and gain. Once the goal is achieved, it is abandoned.

Detailed explanation

1. It refers to the tool used by the world to seek fame. Once the goal is achieved, it can be discarded. Song Zengmin's "Duxing magazine" Volume 5: "one day, Chong Yuan came and went out of the window, and Dongpo asked," what is it? " Chong Yuan said, "Sui Lai." Dongpo said: "it can be said that since the great blessing, Suiyuan has been established." When Gai Chong Yuan became an official, he wrote Fu sentences. Chong Yuan said: "knock on the door, the public still remembers!" "Another book like the collection of brocade bags If you copy seven of them, you can hit them even if you scrape them together. It's treasured by the descendants. If he doesn't get the first place, he will be called "zhuangtaisui". If he gets the second place, he will be called "stepping stone." Yu Yue of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the collection of notes in the tea fragrance room: burning the time Prose: "people nowadays use the time prose as a knock on the door, and people in the Song Dynasty have already done so." Lu Xun's zhunfengyuetan · Chijiao: "in the Qing Dynasty, people called Bagu the" knock on the door brick ", because to get fame is like opening the door, the brick is useless." 2. Metaphor means to seek fame and wealth. It's from the spring outing written by the West Lake hermit in Ming Dynasty: "this is a stepping stone. Knock it open and leave him. Since we are officials, what is the use of poetry? " the usage is more formal; it is used as an object; it is used as a tool to seek fame and fortune. Example: Lu Xun's zhunfengyuetan: Chijiao: "in the Qing Dynasty, people called Bagu '~', because to get fame is like opening the door, bricks are useless." To a young friend who writes new poetry by Zhu Guangqian: "poetry is not an empty doctrine, nor a stepping stone."

Discrimination of words

Structure: formal similar words: stepping stone rhyme words: leaning on heaven, Wang Yang in power, Gonggong playing the crown, turning the sea and turning back the sky, remnant water and mountains, eating and drinking together, nurturing and evil, peace of rock, choking, lusting, rat arm and liver time: ancient synonyms: stepping stone

Idiom story

In ancient imperial examination, it was often necessary to test Eight Legged essay. The examinees practiced the routine of Eight Legged essay so as to apply it in the examination room. If you don't succeed in the exam, you can say "bump Taisui" and risk your luck. If you succeed in the exam, you can call the program of eight part essay "knock on the door", and you can throw away the knock on the door.

Examples of Idioms

If it does not get the first place, it will be called "zhuangtaisui". If it gets the second place, it will be called "stepping stone". Tian Yifan's excerpts from the study in Qing Dynasty

Making sentences with idioms

Some writers and directors have created and shot one or two excellent children's TV dramas, but they just regard this kind of creation as a stepping stone to the film and television industry, and then they soon turn to the creation and shooting of adult dramas.

English translation

The definition of stepping stone causes is: take a dump on the doorand throw away when it is served one's pulse -- stepping stone causes.

Chinese PinYin : qiāo mén zhuān