Tonggudabian
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ō NGG ǔ D á Bi à n, which means to be familiar with ancient knowledge and act flexibly according to the actual situation. It comes from he Xianlun, a scholar selected from four subjects of provincial examination.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Yucheng of the Song Dynasty wrote in his book on how to select scholars from the four subjects of provincial examination: "those who do not have the ability to study the world and understand the changes of the ancient times, and their literature is not expensive, then their literature will get its scholars."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing
Chinese PinYin : tōng gǔ dá biàn
Tonggudabian
drag in all sorts of irrelevant matters. dōng lā xī chě
one 's sincerity moves even the sucking pigs and fish. xìn jí tún yú
Grasp the clouds and grasp the mist. wò yún ná wù
even a drop of water couldn 't leak out. shuǐ xiè bù tōng
speak tactfully but to the point. tán yán wēi zhòng
promote what is fundamental and suppress what is incidental. chóng běn yì mò