Aconitum bungeanum(wū tóu bái mǎ shēng jiǎo)

Aconite white, horse born horn

At the end of the Warring States period, Prince Dan of the state of Yan was a hostage in the state of Qin and was imprisoned in conflict with the government of the king of Qin. Prince Dan asked for his return. 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.

Idiom information

[idiom] wutoubai, mashengjiao, w ū t ó UB á I, m ǎ sh ē ngji ǎ o. [usage] used as attributive or clause; refers to nothing. [structure] complex sentence. [age] Ancient. [similar words] wutoumajiao, wubaimajiao. [rhyme words] cherish the poor and respect the elderly, the founding fathers, self-protection of the infant City, gentle and skillful, willing to be a bird of the same wing in the sky, old people's longevity, xiangmen's sweeping, Wei's flowers and grass, more love for children, less wind and cloud, only heaven can express

The origin of Idioms

In Sima Qian's biography of assassins in historical records of the Western Han Dynasty: "wutoubai, Ma Shengjiao, is Xu er."

Examples of Idioms

Chapter 166 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "King Yan sent envoys to Qin according to his plan. The king of Qin said, "if the king of Yan does not die, the crown prince will not return. If you want to return to the crown prince, you can only return to the crown prince if you have Aconitum white and a horse born horn. " according to your opinion, then Aconitum white, Ma Shengjiao, also can't succeed! Chapter seven of thunder in the sky

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