Let go of the bull and scatter the horse(xiū niú sàn mǎ)

Let go of the bull and scatter the horse

Xiuniusanma, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ū Ni ú s à nm à, which means to release cattle and horses to the military and to stop the war. It comes from the biography of Xue Daoheng in the book of Sui by Wei Zhengshou of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

To be a predicate, an object, an attribute; refer to a truce

Analysis of Idioms

Give up the ox and return the horse

The origin of Idioms

Wei Zhengshou of the Tang Dynasty wrote in the biography of Xue Daoheng in the book of Sui Dynasty: "therefore, the eight wastelands have nothing to do with each other, the nine services are Datong, the four seas are homes, and the ten thousand li are homes. It's xiuniusanma, yanwuxiuwen. "

Idiom explanation

The release of cattle and horses to the army means the cessation of the war.

Chinese PinYin : xiū niú sàn mǎ