the sun is three poles high(rì shàng sān gān)

the sun is three poles high

The Chinese idiom, R à sh à ngs à ng à n, means that the sun rises as high as three bamboo poles. It's late for the sun to rise very high. People get up too late. From the annals of astronomy of the Southern Qi Dynasty and spring of Sui Hua Ji Li.

The origin of Idioms

According to the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty, astronomical records, the sun rose three times in November of the fifth year of Yongming, and the color of the sun was red and yellow In Sui Hua Ji Li Chun written by Han e of Tang Dynasty, "the sun rises three poles." The old note: "the ancient poem says:" the sun rises three poles, the wind disappears. " ；

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: the day is already three poles and [antonym]: in the middle of the night

Idiom usage

The sun is rising very high, and it's late. Only when the sun is rising three times, can we have the will to say: "I'm not happy, and all officials are free from court." The tenth chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen in Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : rì shàng sān gān