Small and big(xiǎo qū dà shēn)

Small and big

Xiao Qu Da Shen, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à OQ à D à sh à n, which means to be able to suffer a little grievance first, and then be able to do a lot. It comes from Chen Shou's Three Kingdoms, Shu annals and Zheng Zhuan of Yi.

Idiom usage

When one hears that he has been in the passenger car, he will be able to make great progress in the future.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: Xiao Qu Da Shen

The origin of Idioms

Chen Shou of the Jin Dynasty wrote in the history of the Three Kingdoms, the history of Shu, the true biography of Yi: "the clouds gather together and the fog gather, the quantity is suitable for the prime minister, the use of the world's resources, the small Qu and the big Shen, the preservation of the public and the neglect of the private."

Idiom explanation

Grievance: grievance. Stretch: spread out, play out. First, you can be wronged, and then you can do a lot.

Idiom story

In the late period of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Chan, the late leader of Shu, was fatuous and incompetent, and Huang Hao, the eunuch, was dictatorial. The secretary made Shi Shizheng loyal, and at the same time, he was very good at handling affairs. He thinks that small places need to be patient before they can make great achievements. After Liu Chan died in Shu, he was escorted to Luoyang. Only he left his wife and son to serve him alone.

Chinese PinYin : xiǎo qū dà shēn