A square is a circle
In Chinese, the Pinyin is w á NF ā NGW é iyu á n, which means to cut a square into a circle. It is a metaphor for changing the nature of loyalty and admiration. It's from nine chapters Huaisha.
Idiom explanation
Cut the square into a circle. It is a metaphor for changing the nature of loyalty and admiration.
The origin of Idioms
In the Warring States period, Chu and Qu Yuan's nine chapters of Huaisha, it is said that "if you are in the right place, you will not be replaced."
Idiom usage
Examples
At the time of Zhengjia, the scholar bureaucrats demoted his plain shoes, and the lamb's plain silk had a little sleep. Biography of Tao Yan and others in Ming history
Chinese PinYin : shū fāng wéi yuán
A square is a circle
fly swiftly as a frightened swan goose. piān ruò jīng hóng
please a treacherous person sextually. yíng jiān mài qiào
a man should be independent at the age of thirty. sān shí ér lì