ivory tower(xiàng yá zhī tǎ)
ivory tower
Xiangya tower, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à ngy á zh à t à, which means the artistic realm of bourgeois writers and artists who advocate "art for art" and are divorced from social reality. It also refers to the small world of intellectuals divorced from real life. Metaphor also exists in the ideal space. It comes from the painting of twenty four filial piety.
Analysis of Idioms
Castle in the air
The origin of Idioms
Lu Xun's collection of extras on the intellectual class: "there is still a way to be safer now. Instead of being an artist, we should be an artist for the sake of art. Living in the ivory tower is naturally safer than other places. "
Idiom usage
It refers to the artistic realm of fantasy. But I don't care about all of these, because I'm lucky I haven't climbed up to ~. (the painting of twenty four filial piety by Lu Xun)
Chinese PinYin : xiàng yá zhī tǎ
ivory tower
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throw oneself down at sb . 's feet in admiration
throw oneself down at sb . 's feet in admiration. wǔ tǐ tóu chéng
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a man of no common appearance and very noble in his looks
a man of no common appearance and very noble in his looks. yī biǎo fēi sú
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talk till one 's tongue and lips are parched
talk till one 's tongue and lips are parched. shé bì chún jiāo
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appoint upright and remove the crooked ones -- to replace the bad ones by good ones
appoint upright and remove the crooked ones -- to replace the bad ones by good ones. jǔ zhí cuò wǎng
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not hurt the important essentials
not hurt the important essentials. wú shāng dà yǎ
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