be strangers to each other(sù bù xiāng shí)

be strangers to each other

Unknown, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ù B ù Xi ā ngsh í, meaning never known. From Liu Yi's biography.

Idiom explanation

Su: usually, always.

The origin of Idioms

The fourth chapter of the biography of Liu Yi written by Shang Zhongxian in Yuan Dynasty: "I have never met you. Once I send you a book, I joke that I will be your family."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicate; it's commendatory; it's used for people. Let's just ride the wind and waves and walk all the way to our hometown. According to Bing Xin's eighteen letters to young readers and Xie Hongwei's biography of the Song Dynasty, "my stepfather, who was born in Hongwei, had never met any of his relatives and was willing to accept them. All of them are in line with the etiquette." According to the biography of Lu Mao in Wu Zhi of the Three Kingdoms, Xu yuan of the same county lived in Kuaiji. He had never known each other before. He left a letter on his deathbed, and entrusted his son to stand up and guide him The first fold of fan Kang's bamboo leaf boat in Yuan Dynasty: "you are a Taoist. I never know you. How can I become a monk with you?" Ming Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 28: Wu Songdao: but strange! I'm from Qinghe County, and he's from Mengzhou. I've never met him. How can you look at me like this? Chapter 13 of three chivalrous men and five righteousness by Shi Yukun of Qing Dynasty: the old man said, "I have never met you. How can I bother you?" "The so-called famous scholars of grass and grass are all the products of the four directions, and they are also unknown people," said Fang Yu of the Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

During the Three Kingdoms period, Lu Mao, the younger brother of Lu Xun, a native of Wu, was forthright and kind-hearted. Xu Hou of the same county was as upright as him. Although he never knew him, he admired him very much. On his deathbed, he left a letter to entrust his children to Lu Mao. Lu Mao treated them as his own flesh and blood, and let them receive a good education.

Chinese PinYin : sù bù xiāng shí