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Autumn tea net, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin Qi ū t ú m ì w ǎ ng, means the autumn lush grass and white flowers, the mesh of the fish net; metaphor of severe punishment. From "on salt and iron · criminal morality".
Idiom explanation
Tea: white flowers on the grass.
The origin of Idioms
In the Han Dynasty, Huan Kuan's Yan tie Lun Xing De: "in the old Qin Dynasty, the method was used in autumn tea, but the net was dense in Congzhi."
Idiom usage
Combined; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning. example the Qin Dynasty's ~ is still of no help.
Chinese PinYin : qiū tú mì wǎng
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People don't know, ghosts don't know. rén bù zhī,guǐ bù jué
bore a hole on the wall in order to get some light from the neighbour 's house. záo bì tōu guāng
The prime minister is good at rowing. zǎi xiàng dù lǐ hǎo chēng chuán
set the whole room roaring with laughter. hōng táng dà xiào
If Haoli does not cut, he will use axe. háo lí bù fá,jiāng yòng fǔ kē
Better be a chicken than a cow. nìng wéi jī kǒu,wú wéi niú hòu
investigate and publicly privately. míng chá àn fǎng