Push the boat to the land(tuī zhōu yú lù)

Push the boat to the land

Push boat to land, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Tu ī zh ō uy ú L ù, which means push boat to walk on land. It's a metaphor for working in vain. It comes from Zhuangzi Tianyun.

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi Tianyun, written by Zhuangzi in the Warring States period, Song Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty, said, "today's salary to Zhou Yu Lu is like pushing a boat on land. If you work in vain, you will suffer."

Analysis of Idioms

A boat on water

Idiom usage

If you do this, you are pushing the boat to the land.

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, Confucius traveled westward from the state of Lu to the state of Wei to lobby for the implementation of the benevolence and justice of the former king. Yan Yuan, a student, asked if Jin, the Grand Master of the state of Lu, could succeed. Shi Jin said: "the implementation of the old king's abandoned way of benevolence and righteousness is as useless as the grass dog used for sacrifice. It's like pushing a boat to land to replace a car."

Chinese PinYin : tuī zhōu yú lù