Eating old things is like a stick in the neck(shí gǔ rú gěng)

Eating old things is like a stick in the neck

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í g ǔ R ú g ě ng, which means eating the ancient is not good. It refers to not having a deep understanding of the ancient knowledge and not being good at applying it according to the present situation, just like not eating and digesting. The source is the preface to the Congzhi of sheltering Lu.

The origin of Idioms

The preface of zuolu Congzhi is written in the book of zuolu, which is written in the book of zuolucongzhi. It is also written in the book of zuolucongzhi, which is written in the book of "Du Fu He" and in the book of "Ma Tou Ren"

Idiom usage

It is often used in figurative sentences

Chinese PinYin : shí gǔ rú gěng