cast beans on grounds which are transformed by magic into soldiers(sǎ dòu chéng bīng)

cast beans on grounds which are transformed by magic into soldiers

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is s ǎ D ò uch é NGB ī ng, which means to cast beans and become an army. It is one of the Chinese historical allusions. It's from the ten sample brocade by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of the ten sample brochures of Yuan Dynasty by Wu Mingshi: "change the day into the night, turn the peas into soldiers, turn the sword into a river, and call the wind and the rain."

Idiom usage

In Song Wumingshi's new historical review of the Five Dynasties, Guo Wei said, "there is a man who makes demon soldiers in Zhiyuan army. He calls Ma Yin to hide, drink Mao to become a sword, and sow beans to become a soldier. Now Ma Yin is in the king's camp. In addition to this person, he knows that if he loses his right hand or his left hand, he can bring it. The villain asked for a sword, and a soldier under the king's account for company. We have the skill to take him. Guo Wei, a native of Longyao in Xingtai, was the founder of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Chinese PinYin : sǎ dòu chéng bīng