the world is but a little place , after all(tiān yá zhǐ chǐ)
the world is but a little place , after all
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ti ā NY á zh ǐ ch ǐ, which means that although the distance is far, the heart and mind are interlinked, as if they are close at hand. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the ninth year of Duke Fu, and two palace poems.
Idiom explanation
Near: ancient unit of length, eight inches in Zhou Dynasty, six inches and twenty-two percent in today's city; near: a metaphor for close distance. Although the distance is close, it is difficult to see each other, as if it is far away.
The origin of Idioms
"Zuo Zhuan · the ninth year of the Duke of Fu" says: "the power of heaven does not disobey the beauty." Li Zhong, Tang Dynasty, wrote two poems of palace poems: "the door locks and curtains hang down, the moon shadows slant, and Cuihua is just a short distance away from the end of the world."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, object, attribute and adverbial. My heart and soul are inexhaustible, flowing like water, and I'm worried about the other side. Hu Wenhuan, Ming Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : tiān yá zhǐ chǐ
the world is but a little place , after all
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