Laugh in a teapot(tóu hú diàn xiào)

Laugh in a teapot

Chuhu dianxiao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó uh ú di à nxi à o, which means lightning without rain. It comes from Shenyi Jing Donghuang Jing.

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T ó uh ú di à nxi à o

Explain that lightning doesn't rain.

It's from shenyijing donghuangjing: "there's a big stone room in the Donghuangshan mountain, where the East Prince lives Constant and a jade girl throw pot, every throw thousand two hundred correction, set in can't go out If you take it out and do not take it in, heaven will laugh at it. " Zhang Hua's note: "those who talk and laugh are burning in the sky. It's not raining today, but there's lightning."

An example is Bai Yan's couplet of autumn night and bandit stone: "the flower and rain do not disperse, and the heart grows, and Yan Weikai opens."

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: after the lightning does not rain of the classic.

Idiom example: Bai Yan "autumn night and bandit stone couplet": "flower rain does not scatter the heart platform, throw pot electricity smile for open."

Degree of common use: rare

Emotional color: commendatory words

Grammatical usage: used as object and attribute; used in written language

Idiom structure: United

Time of birth: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : tóu hú diàn xiào