drop one 's chopsticks on hearing a clap of thunder(wén léi shī zhù)

drop one 's chopsticks on hearing a clap of thunder

The idiom comes from "the history of the Three Kingdoms · Shu Shu · biography of Xianzhu". Idiom explanation: it refers to using other things to cover up one's real situation. Commendatory words.

pronunciation

Pinyin: W é NL é ISH ī zh ù

Source of allusion

"The history of the Three Kingdoms · Shu Shu · biography of the first master" says: "when Cao Gong calmly called the first master, he said:" today's heroes are only the master and the master. The original disciples are not enough. " First, the main side of food, loss of dagger sheath

words whose meaning is similar

Shudder and lose the sheath

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: it refers to using other things to cover up one's real situation. Examples of idioms: Ming Yu Lin's the first volume of the book of managing the world: "hearing the thunder loses the sheath." Degree of common use: uncommon emotion color: commendatory words grammar usage: as predicate and attribute; idiom structure for people: serial verb generation time: ancient times

Idiom story

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the rise of the powerful, Liu Bei of Zhuoxian County in the north also took advantage of the chaos to pull up the team. Due to the recommendation of Xu Zhou Mu Tao Qian and others, Liu Bei led the troops stationed in Xuzhou and xiapi in 196 (the first year of Jian'an). However, he was soon defeated by Lu Bu and Yuan Shu and had to go to Cao Cao. Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei was a man of courage and insight, that is, he was treated with great courtesy. However, Liu Bei has always had a different ambition. At that time, Liu Xie, Emperor Xiandi of Han Dynasty, was dissatisfied with Cao Cao's exclusive power, so he hid the secret edict in his belt and asked general Dong Cheng to organize forces to kill Cao Cao. Liu Bei is also one of the objects of contact with Dong Cheng. While Dong Cheng and others were plotting, Cao Cao came to Liu Bei's residence one day. They chatted while drinking. Cao Cao suddenly asked Liu Bei, "who can be called a hero in today's world?" Liu Bei deliberately said: "I think Yuan Shao can be regarded as a hero." Cao Cao shook his head and said: "I said that in today's world, only you and I can be called heroes! A man like Yuan Shao is not worthy at all! " What Liu Bei fears most is that Cao Cao knows his mind. Therefore, for many days, he pretended to be mediocre and often spent time in the vegetable garden, hoping that Cao Cao would regard himself as a common man with no ambition. Now, Cao Cao said to his face that he was a hero. He was so surprised that his dagger fell to the ground. At this time, there was a thunder. Liu Bei took the opportunity to cover up and said, "this thunderbolt is really loud. It scared me to lose all my daggers." When Liu Bei knew what Cao Cao thought of him, he decided to take part in the activities of killing Cao Cao planned by Dong Cheng and others. But before they started, Cao Cao discovered that Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu and Wu Zilan were all killed. Only Liu Bei and Ma Teng, who are out of town, have missed the net.

Chinese PinYin : wén léi shī zhù