talk about the past and the present(tán jīn lùn gǔ)

talk about the past and the present

In Chinese, Pinyin is t á NJ ī NL ù ng ǔ, which means to talk about everything and comment on everything from present to ancient. It's from duanzhenghao Yule.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Kejiu, Yuan Dynasty, wrote in his book duanzhenghao Yule: "the world laughs at Qiaoyu and talks about the present and the past."

Analysis of Idioms

On the present and the ancient

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate and object. "There is also a Taoist who has a wonderful understanding of Zhang Ling. He can also drink and feast. He can talk about the past and the present. He knows everything. He can understand everything, and he can do it If you can't even talk about knowledge, you're not qualified to talk about the past. On my prose by Ba Jin

Chinese PinYin : tán jīn lùn gǔ