Cape wubaima(wū bái mǎ jiǎo)

Cape wubaima

Wubaimajiao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ū B á im ǎ Ji ǎ o, which means to compare things that cannot be realized. From the volume of yandanzi.

The origin of Idioms

The volume of yandanzi says: "Prince yandanzi was born in Qin Dynasty. The king of Qin was rude, not proud and wanted to return. The king of Qin didn't listen, but said falsely, "if you make a white head and a horse have horns, you can have ears."

Idiom usage

In the late years of Jiecheng Xizhi period, wubaimajiao was rather full of words. Bao Zhao's dance song of Dai Bai Xiang in the Southern Song Dynasty

Idiom story

At the end of the Warring States period, Prince Dan of Yan was a hostage in the state of Qin, and he was imprisoned after a conflict with the government of Qin. Prince Dan asked to let him go back home. The king of Qin said: "Aconitum white, horse born horn, is Xu er." Prince Dan had no choice but to look up to the sky and sigh. Maybe God had eyes. A crow with white head came from outside the cell. The king of Qin had to send Prince Dan back home.

Chinese PinYin : wū bái mǎ jiǎo