death(shān gāo shuǐ dī)

death

High mountains and low rivers, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ā ng ā Oshu ǐ D ī, meaning to compare unfortunate things. It refers to the death of people. It's from Xingshi Hengyan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The eighth volume of Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan: "in case some mountains are high and rivers are low and there are many arms, they will be loyal if they have paid half of the original employment."

Idiom usage

In the fourth chapter of the outlaws of the marsh by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "if you stay here, I'm afraid some mountains are high and rivers are low; if you don't stay here, I'm sorry; if you don't stay here, many faces are not good-looking." In the 32nd chapter of Water Margin written by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty, Li Kui killed Yin Tianxi Chai and went to Gaotang state: the imperial city tried to pull him, but he was pushed, robbed and beaten by this guy. Therefore, by this tone, he couldn't get up, didn't eat, and didn't take any medicine. He could see that heaven was far away and the earth was near. Today, when a senior official comes to his home to make an opinion, he will not be worried. Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty, Volume 8 of "awakening the world" says: "in case some mountains are high and rivers are low, and they have a big arm, they will be loyal if they have paid half of the original employment." "I'm afraid my wife has a high mountain and low water, so she cried and got up early." Wu Jingzi, Qing Dynasty Chapter 20 of scholars: you can rest assured that misfortune is good. If you have some high mountains and low rivers, it's all on my old monk.

Chinese PinYin : shān gāo shuǐ dī