mutter to each other(qiè qiè sī yì)

mutter to each other

Whispering, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi è Qi è s ī y ì, which means whispering behind your back. It comes from shunzongshilu, the fifth year of Yongzhen.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote in Shunzong Shilu, the fifth year of Yongzhen: "although he rebelled against the two envoys, he didn't take the book as his intention. He quoted his party and screen people to whisper in detail, and tried to seize the officers and soldiers, so as to control the lives of the four seas."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate; used of a person speaking in a low voice. Zong and Hu are having a private discussion. The 13th chapter in the history of pain by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty and the 44th chapter in the history of officialdom by Li Baojia in Qing Dynasty: a group of people are chatting there. "The rest of the military planes speculated with each other and discussed with each other." Chapter 3, section 3 of the first volume of Tao Chengzhang's a brief account of the Zhejiang case: "the gentry of the same country, though they had private opinions, did not dare to speak directly." Ye Shengtao's Ni Huanzhi: "what they are whispering about is nothing but rumors from outside. When the teacher comes near, they will swallow them."

Chinese PinYin : qiè qiè sī yì