appearing nervous in public(xiǎo jiā zi qì)

appearing nervous in public

Small family, Chinese idiom,

Pinyin is Xi ǎ Oji ā ziq ì,

Explanation: it describes people's bad manners.

It comes from the biography of Huo Guang in the history of Han Dynasty.

Entry

appearing nervous in public

Pinyin

xiǎojiāziqì

Citation explanation

Xiaojiazi: used to refer to people of low birth.. Describe a person's bad manners. "Huo guangzhuan in the book of Han Dynasty:" I was lucky to be a member of the family of Lecheng, and I was granted the title of marquis by Jiuqing. " Chapter 37 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: if the title is too new and ingenious and the rhyme is too dangerous, no more good poems will be allowed, and it's a small family. In the second chapter of the biography of heroes and Heroines: "all the slaves follow the master's words, and they do not show the fire or the small family." Chapter 9 of Baochang's gengzi Fengyun: "at first, she was a little bit petty and not used to dealing with officialdom." Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged: "after listening to the last few petty words, Miss Su can't help but despise Mrs. sun."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and complement to describe people's bad manners.

Idiom story

During the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jie, a scholar, came back from drinking with his friends. He saw the servant and the ginger seller arguing about the price of ginger. He went up to teach the ginger seller that he didn't know what was good and what was bad, and the ginger seller replied, "how can we, our small agent, beat me short? The prime minister should be more magnanimous. He shouldn't be such a small family Wang Jie was so angry that he came forward and knocked him to the ground with a fist.

Chinese PinYin : xiǎo jiā zi qì