referring to astonishment at unfamiliar sights(shǔ quǎn fèi rì)

referring to astonishment at unfamiliar sights

Shu dog barking at the sun, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǔ Qu ǎ NF è IR ì, meaning that the air in Sichuan Basin is humid and the sky is cloudy. Surrounded by mountains, the water vapor in the middle plain is not easy to disperse. Dogs there don't often see the sun. When they see the sun, they feel strange and bark. Metaphors are less common than strange. It comes from the book of Tao of Li Lun Shi in Wei Zhong.

Idiom explanation

Shu: short for Sichuan Province; bark: barking dog. The reason is that it's rainy in Sichuan, where dogs don't often see the sun and bark when the sun comes out. Metaphors are less common than strange.

The origin of Idioms

In Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan's answer to Wei Zhong Li Lun Shi Dao Shu: "Qu Zi's Fu says:" the barking of dogs in the city is strange. " When a servant goes to the south of Wenyong and Shu, there will be constant rain and few days. When the sun rises, the dog barks

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning. Chapter 24 of Li Jieren's Tianmo Dance: "the ancients said ～. Shu is West Sichuan and Chengdu Plain. "

Chinese PinYin : shǔ quǎn fèi rì