dip one 's finger in the soup and have a taste(rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng)

dip one 's finger in the soup and have a taste

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is R ǎ nzh ǐ y ú D ǐ ng, which means to dip your finger into the Ding for some soup. It is used to refer to taking non-profit. From Zuo Zhuan, the fourth year of Xuangong.

The origin of Idioms

In the fourth year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan written by Zuo Qiuming in the pre Qin period, it is said that "when you eat yuans, you can summon Zigong to join in the work. When Zi Gong was angry, he touched his finger on the tripod and tasted it. "

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.

Idioms and allusions

Historical records of Zheng Shijia

Twenty two years, Zheng Miao Gong died, Zi Yi Li, is for linggong. In spring A.D., Chu offered turtle to linggong. Zijia and Zigong will be king linggong in the dynasty. Zigong's forefinger movement is called Zijia's saying: "if you move your forefinger in the future, you will eat foreign things." And into, see linggong into turtle soup, Zi Gong said with a smile: "sure enough!" Linggong asked him why he was laughing and told linggong. Linggong called it and gave it soup alone. Zi Gong is angry. He dyes his fingers and tastes them. He is angry and wants to kill his son. Zigong and Zijia were the first. Xia, kill linggong. Zheng people want to establish linggong's younger brother to get rid of the disease. He said, "if you want to be virtuous, you will get rid of the disease. If you want to be obedient, you will get rid of the disease." The tough one is the younger brother of linggong, the elder brother of Quji. Therefore, he established Zijian for Xianggong.

Four years of Zuo chuanxuan

Zhaichu people offered turtle to Zheng linggong. Prince song and his family will meet. Zi Gong's index finger moved to show his family, "I will taste the peculiar smell if I do this in the future." In time, Zaifu will release the turtle and smile at each other. When the Duke asked, the son's family told him, and ate the doctor yuan, and called the son and Fu. Zi Gong was angry. He touched his finger on the tripod and tasted it. He is angry and wants to kill his son. Zigong and Zijia were the first. The son's family said, "the old animal is still afraid of killing him. What about the king?" He was afraid of his son's family and followed it. Xia, kill linggong. The book says: "Mr. Zheng returned to his native place and killed his king." There is also a lack of power. Gentleman said: "benevolence but not martial arts, incompetent." If you kill a monarch, you will be called a monarch. If you call a minister, you will be guilty. The state of Chu offered a turtle to Zheng linggong. Zheng linggong was very happy and asked the cook to cook the soup. It happened that song and his family came to the hall. The young master song's index finger moved greatly, so he whispered to everyone: "every time I move my index finger, I can taste the rare delicacy. This time, the king will share the delicacy with you." When he came into the hall and saw the cook cutting the big turtle, he looked at each other and laughed. Linggong was very strange, so he asked. Everyone told me the truth. After hearing this, linggong thought to himself: no matter how your index finger moves, it's useless if I don't give it to you. After the turtle soup was cooked, linggong invited many ministers to give them turtle soup. At last, Zheng linggong summoned his son song, but he didn't give him turtle soup. The young master song was so angry that he put his index finger into the cauldron and dipped it in the turtle soup. Then he walked away. Linggong was furious and claimed that he had to kill him. When song returned home, he was very angry. When he heard that linggong wanted to kill him, he killed linggong first and reported his hatred for not giving turtle soup. After a period of chaos, the state of Zheng reestablished a new state. Song, the son of Zheng, was also killed for murdering the monarch. Later generations condensed this matter into the idiom "touch your fingers on the tripod", which is used to refer to those who are involved in the illegal interests. Although it started with a desire to eat, it eventually led to a country in hot water. From this little story, we can know that the ancient sages' ideas of "removing human desires and preserving heavenly principles" and "restraining oneself and restoring propriety" are really the foundation of ruling the country and the world! Although the desire to indulge it, it will become a hidden danger in the future!

Modern translation

The son belongs to the son of the new word, and the son of the Song Dynasty belongs to the son of the new word. One day, Prince song and his family went to see Zheng linggong. Song, the prince who will enter the palace, suddenly stops, raises his right hand and says to his family with a smile: "look He looked at Song's hand for no reason. His index finger moved. He could not help shaking his head. He also stretched out his right hand, moved his index finger and said, "who can't!" Song laughed and said, "do you think I made my index finger shake?" no! It's moving itself. If you don't believe it, take a closer look! " Zijia carefully observed for a while, and then moved his index finger. Sure enough, the shaking state of song's index finger is different from that of his own. The young master song shook his head and said, "it seems that there are delicious food waiting for us today! In the past, whenever I move this index finger, I can always taste the new delicious food! His family was suspicious. When they entered the palace, they found that the cook was cutting a cooked turtle into pieces. This turtle is very big. It was presented to Zheng linggong by a man from the state of Chu. Zheng linggong saw that the Turtle was very big and could be shared with many people. He decided to share it with the doctors. The family could not help but give song Qiao a thumbs up. Young master song shook his head with a smile. Seeing that they were so unruly, Zheng linggong frowned and asked, "what are you laughing at?" The son's family explained the situation outside the palace just now. Zheng linggong listened to it and said vaguely, "Oh, is it really so effective?" I don't want to say anything. After a while, the doctors arrived. The big turtle, which had been cut into pieces, was put into the Ding (the bronze cooking utensil used to cook food at that time). The cook put it into the basin and gave it to Zheng linggong first, and then to the doctors. Zheng linggong tasted it first and praised: "it's delicious!" I ordered people to give me a tripod of turtle soup, like a pair of chopsticks. From the time I was sent to the next table, as for the last one. Just to the first and second seats, there was only one pot left. No turtle. Linggong said: "give the son home." Before Zaifu sent the soup to Guisheng. When they arrived, they began to eat with relish. However, the young master song sat still. It turned out that there was nothing on the table in front of him. Young master song was very embarrassed. His face turned red and white. He looked at Zheng linggong. Zheng linggong ate very well. He joked with the doctors and didn't seem to notice him at all. He looked at his family and saw that they were also eating hard, while making faces at him. The young master song couldn't help it any more. He suddenly stood up, went to the tripod, dipped his finger in, tasted the taste, and then swaggered out. Because of this, linggong was very angry, and later led to a civil strife.

Chinese PinYin : rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng