go on talking and laughing as if nothing has happened(tán xiào zì ruò)

go on talking and laughing as if nothing has happened

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t á nxi à oz à Ru à, which means to be able to treat the situation calmly, talk and laugh, and not change the normal. It comes from annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, biography of Gan Ning.

Idiom explanation

As if: as usual.

The origin of Idioms

In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, biography of Gan Ning: "all the scholars in the city are afraid, but they prefer to talk and laugh freely."

Analysis of Idioms

[antonym] Zhang Huangcuo

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attribute, adverbial; commendatory. Examples the biography of Kong Rong in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "Rongyin read a few books and talked and laughed freely." Although it's raining cats and dogs, we still talk as we walk. The more we talk, the more interesting we are. Chapter 54: knowing that Zhan Zhao had arrived, he deliberately talked and laughed.

Idiom story

During the Three Kingdoms period, Gan Ning, a famous general of the eastern Wu Dynasty, was appointed as the governor of Xiling and general Zhechong for his meritorious service. After Cao Cao's defeat in the battle of Chibi, the Allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei took advantage of the victory and pursued them all the way to Nanjun. Cao Ren, a Wei general stationed in Nanjun, defeated the vanguard of Wu army. Zhou Yu, the governor of most of the Wu army, was furious and prepared to fight Cao Ren. Ganning came forward to dissuade him and thought that Nanjun and Yiling were horns of each other, so he should attack Yiling first, and then attack Nanjun. Zhou Yu accepted his suggestion and ordered him to take the Yiling mausoleum. Gan Ning led his troops to the city of Yiling and fought fiercely with Cao Hong, the Wei garrison general. Cao Hong was defeated and Gan Ning ordered his subordinates to seize Yiling quickly. At that time, his troops were very few, only a few hundred; when he entered the city, he immediately recruited troops, but only a thousand. At dusk of that day, Wei general Cao Ren, who was stationed in Nanjun, sent Cao Chun and Niu Jin to join Cao Hong and gathered more than 5000 people to encircle Yiling city. Cao set up a ladder to attack the city and was repulsed by the garrison of Ganning. The next day, Cao Jun piled up earth to build high-rise buildings, and then shot arrows into the city. The arrow was like rain, which killed and wounded many Wu soldiers. All the soldiers were afraid, but Gan Ning talked and laughed naturally as usual. He ordered people to collect tens of thousands of arrows shot by Cao Jun, and selected excellent archers to shoot against Wei Jun. Due to the calm and tenacious defense of Gan Ning's army, Cao's army was unable to break through the city.

Chinese PinYin : tán xiào zì ruò