as stubble(shì rú cǎo jiè)

as stubble

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì R ú C ǎ Oji è, which means to look like soil and grass; it refers to extreme contempt. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.

Idiom explanation

Mustard: grass.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · lilouxia: "if you treat your ministers like dirt, then your ministers will treat you like enemies."

Analysis of Idioms

It's like a shod, careless and dismissive thing

Antonym: look at each other with new eyes

Idiom usage

Complement; predicate; derogatory.

Examples

Let it live or die. Lu Xun's essays on qijieting

Chinese PinYin : shì rú cǎo jiè