Wenjiang Xuehai(wén jiāng xué hǎi)

Wenjiang Xuehai

Idioms refer to articles and knowledge as deep and broad as the Yangtze River and the sea, and to literature as profound and rich. It comes from Bai Liang style couplet written by Zheng Min of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

[interpretation] it means that articles and knowledge are as deep and broad as the Yangtze River and the sea. Figurative literature is profound and rich.

Idioms and allusions

[source] in the Bai Liang style couplet written by Zheng Min of Tang Dynasty: "Wen Jiang Xue Hai, Si Ji hang." China is one of the four ancient countries of invention with a long history. Chinese literature is more extensive and profound.

Discrimination of words

Examples of idioms: chongwenyuan's three libraries and Guozijian's group of printed books, although Tang and Han Dynasties were prosperous, they could not be added, so people in the world began to know that literature has rivers and learning has seas. In the preface to Tang Wencui written by Yao Xuan of Song Dynasty, the degree of common use: general emotional color: commendatory words; grammatical usage: as object and attribute; mostly used in figurative sentences; idiom structure: combined type; generation time: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : wén jiāng xué hǎi