philistine(shì jǐng zhī tú)

philistine

Shi ì J ǐ ngzh ī t ú is a Chinese idiom. It used to refer to the rogue in the town, who eat and drink for free and swagger around the market.

The origin of Idioms

Guanzi xiaokuang

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. In Mencius, wanzhangxia: "in the state, it's called the Minister of the city, in the field, it's called the Minister of the grass." There are more than 300 people in Chifu's chariot, all of whom are in the lane. The thirty fifth chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty

Idiom story

In ancient times, it was very difficult to open a well. People would live around the well and gradually became the city at that time, which was called the marketplace. The villain of marketplace refers to the gangsters and rascals in the town, who swagger, tease girls, bully the soft and afraid of the hard, do not give money to eat, take for nothing, blackmail businesses and pedestrians, and mix food and drink.

Chinese PinYin : shì jǐng zhī tú