have the strong willpower that can make an arrow pierce even stone(shè shí yǐn yǔ)

have the strong willpower that can make an arrow pierce even stone

Shooting stone and drinking feather, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh è sh í y ǐ NY ǔ, which means that the arrow shoots into the stone and hides the tail feather. The original description of the power of archery is very strong. Later, he also described his martial arts as excellent. It comes from Master Lu's spring and Autumn Annals.

Analysis of Idioms

Bow and drink

The origin of Idioms

"Master of Lu's spring and Autumn Annals:" Yang You Ji shoots the stone in Yu, and the arrow drinks the feather. He is sincere in Yu. "

Idiom usage

It refers to the excellent martial arts. Li Guang was not waiting for him all his life, but he was able to. It is a metaphor for him to spit out his breath and put his life's resentment in his heart. (Volume 3 of Du Shi Yan Zhi by Wu Mingshi in Qing Dynasty) there are four stories about it: (1) it refers to the spring and Autumn period when Chu raised you Ji. Master of Lu's spring and Autumn Annals: "it's the first to raise the base and shoot the first, the middle stone and the arrow to drink the feather. "Press" is the wrong word of "Wei". Li Shanzhu in Lun Heng · Ru Zeng, Wen Xuan · Qi Qi, and Lu Shi · FA San are all written as "Yi". (2) refers to xiongquzi in the spring and Autumn period. "Han Shi waizhuan" Volume 6: "in the past, Chu xiongquzi traveled at night and lay on the stone. He thought that he would ambush the tiger, bend his bow and shoot at it, and there was no gold to drink. Looking down, we know that it is a stone. (3) refers to Li Guang in Han Dynasty. Biography of General Li in historical records: "when you go hunting extensively, you can see the stone in the grass and shoot it for the tiger, but there is no arrow in the stone. "Pei Pei's collection quoted Xu Guang as saying:" a work has no feathers. ". (4) refers to Li Yuan in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the book of Zhou, Li Yuanzhuan: "I try to hunt in shazha, and see the stone in congpu. I think it's a rabbit. I shoot it in the middle, and it's more than an inch. If you look at it, it's a stone. "Later, it is a classic of sincerity or deep skill. See Li Bai's Yu Zhang Xing in Tang Dynasty.

Idioms and allusions

It is said in ancient times that there are four people who are very skillful in archery. They can shoot the arrow into the stone and hide the tail feathers. One of them was Yang Youji, a great general of the state of Chu in the spring and Autumn period. He had the ability to walk with a hundred steps. The second is Xiong Quzi of Chu in the spring and Autumn period; the third is Li Guang of Han Dynasty; the fourth is Li Yuan of Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Chinese PinYin : shè shí yǐn yǔ