incapable of further increase(wú yǐ fù jiā)

incapable of further increase

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ú y ǐ f ù Ji ā, which means that it is impossible to add more. It means that something has reached the extreme degree. From Zuo Zhuan, the 17th year of Wengong.

The origin of Idioms

In the 17th year of the Duke of Wen in Zuozhuan: "today's great power says:" I have not fulfilled my ambition. " There is no way to increase the loss of my town. "

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: reach the peak and marvel at it [antonym]: there are people outside

Idiom usage

As predicate, attributive and complement, the degree of reference reaches the extreme. In the second biography of Wang Mang in the history of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "it will be impossible to add more after all generations." Wang Anshi's preface to Zhou Li Yi in Song Dynasty: "as for later generations, there is no way to add it." In Sima Guang's Ci Ming Tang Su Wei Zhazi of Song Dynasty, it is said that "the kindness and courtesy of the officials are excellent, which can't be added. It's not enough to pay for the death." Yingyi magazine by Wang Tao in Qing Dynasty: its convenient method is almost impossible.

Idiom story

In 9 A.D., Wang Mang changed the Han Dynasty to a new dynasty and called himself Emperor. In order to show that he could build a permanent imperial estate, he ordered to build his own ancestral temple and set aside hundreds of hectares of land in the suburbs of Chang'an to start construction. Ministers Cui FA and Zhang Han flattered him and said, "your ancestral temple should be magnificent. Even after thousands of generations, it is still unparalleled in the eyes of future generations.

Chinese PinYin : wú yǐ fù jiā