picky(tiāo féi jiǎn shòu)

picky

Picky is a Chinese idiom, the pronunciation is ti ā of é Iji ǎ NSH ò u, which refers to picky, only to their own advantage. From scholars.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] being choosy and timid

The origin of Idioms

Wu Jingzi's scholars in the Qing Dynasty said, "I don't have to ask him to say yes even though I'm so careful. As long as I'm picky, I don't need to follow his example."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and attributive, with derogatory meaning and meaning of selfishness. He is an extremely selfish man, who is picky about everything.

Idioms and allusions

As far back as Liuxiu period of Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu once established Taixue in the capital city, which is located five miles south of Kaiyang gate in Luoyang. At that time, there were many interesting stories in Taixue, one of which was "picky". at that time, there was a doctor of teaching, surnamed Zhen Mingyu, who was very knowledgeable. On December 30 of one year, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu issued an imperial edict to reward each of the teaching doctors in Taixue with a sheep to celebrate the Spring Festival. However, when the sheep arrived at Taixue compound, there was a problem. It turns out that each sheep is different in size and weight, so how can it be reasonably distributed? The teaching doctors talked about it for a long time, but they didn't come up with a good way that everyone could accept. At this time, Zhen Yu stood up and said, "we are all teaching doctors. We are teachers. We can't be fussy and choosy." after that, he picked out the smallest and thinnest one from the sheep and led it straight away. Now, we don't argue any more. You're modest and I'll let you go. We'll soon finish the sheep and go home happily. this story about sheep spread, and people in Luoyang praised Zhen Yu and gave him the nickname "doctor thin sheep" with respect. From then on, the idiom "picky" spread.

Chinese PinYin : tiāo féi jiǎn shòu