One generation is worse than another(yī dài bù rú yī dài)

One generation is worse than another

One generation is worse than the other. It comes from the second volume of Guolao Tan yuan. In ancient times, a rich family raised a lot of birds. A friend came to visit and asked the bird keeper what kind of bird he was when he saw the white crane. The bird keeper cheated him that he was a crow with a beak. When he asked Taohe, the bird keeper said he was the son of the crow with a beak. When he asked egret, the bird keeper cheated him that he was the grandson of the crow with a beak. The man said with emotion: "it's really worse than one generation."

Idiom information

[idiom] one generation is not as good as another generation: father and son are one generation after another. Every generation is worse than every other. "Usage" is used as object and attributive; it refers to getting worse and worse; it refers to "structure" subject predicate pattern; it refers to "age" in ancient times; it refers to "riddle" in ancient times; it refers to "new bag for a broken bag; it refers to" allegorical sayings "; it refers to" sack for straw bag "; it refers to" getting worse and worse "; it refers to" antonym "in the future; it refers to" same rhyme "in the past; it refers to" seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages; it refers to Qin Huan and Jin AI; it refers to begging for alms; there are a lot of people; there are no monsters in adults; it refers to sharp Tongyun words; it is difficult for a meritorious person to succeed It's easy to lose, but it's not easy to be successful

The origin of Idioms

Wang Junyu of Song Dynasty, Volume 2 of Guolao Tanyuan: Gu Shizhi said with a smile that Zhongyi said: "this means that one generation is not as good as another."

Idiom story

In ancient times, a rich family raised a lot of birds. When a friend came to visit, he asked the bird keeper what kind of bird he was. The bird keeper cheated him that he was a crow with a beak. When he asked Taohe, the bird keeper said he was the son of the crow with a beak. When he asked egret, the bird keeper cheated him that he was the grandson of the crow with a beak. The man said with emotion: "it's really worse than one generation."

Examples of Idioms

1. Although old lady Jiujin lived a long time, her ears were not very deaf, but she didn't hear her child's words. She still said to herself, "this is really not as good as one generation!" Lu Xun's "storm" 2. It's about the reason that "one generation is inferior to the next". I'm not as strong as my father, but I still follow his ideas and boast to others that there is a "resistin" against all kinds of diseases. " - 3. We must not always pull a face because the scenery is no longer beautiful, just like the nine Jin old lady in Mr. Lu Xun's works, shouting that the generation is not as good as the generation, then we will inevitably be booed like Bailey.

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