make a clean break with(yī dāo liǎng duàn)

make a clean break with

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ī D ā Oli ǎ ngdu à n, which means to cut a knife into two paragraphs. It means to sever the relationship resolutely. From the five Lantern Festival and Zhu Zi Yu Lei.

The origin of Idioms

The twelfth volume of wudenghuiyuan written by Shi Puji in Song Dynasty: "one knife and two paragraphs, not a great master." "Zhu Zi Yu Lei" Volume 44: "from this, we can see that those who are self-restraint are completely cut off from the root, and then they are cut off, let alone sprout again."

Idiom usage

In this paper, the author makes an analysis of the relationship between the two parties. The ninth chapter of journey to the West: "if you follow me, everything will be stopped. If you don't follow me, you will be completely cut off!" 2. Metaphorical severance. Song Shi Puji's "five Lantern Festival yuan" Volume 12: "a knife and two paragraphs, not called the master." "Zhu Zi Yu Lei" Volume 44: "from this, we can see that those who are self-restraint are completely cut off from the root, and then they are cut off, let alone sprout again." In Yu Shi Ming Yan, Volume 2, Chen Yu Shi's skillful exploration of Jin Chai Dian: "the poor man knows that he is powerless, so he is willing to leave his family. I'm going to ask him to give up, but I won't make a clean break? In the 22nd chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom: you are a man of understanding. Your master refused to write me credentials, but asked me to make a clean break with him and judge my conscience by myself. This is not a good idea 3. It is easy to act. Chapter 71 of the lamp on the wrong side of the road: "if a man wants to do something in his heart, he will do it completely." Chapter 14 of the wild old man's Expositions: you Mou praised him: "Mr. Wen is really a quick man, and his humble nature is completely broken."

Idiom story

In the early Western Han Dynasty, after Hanxin was appointed king of Qi, the prime minister, Xiao He, worried that Hanxin's military power was too big to threaten the Liu family, so he asked fan Kuai to discuss with him. Fan Kuai was so proud that he even boasted about how he defeated Xiang Yu to protect his lord Liu Bang. In the face of Han Xin, a man in Huaiyin who had no power to bind a chicken, he just had to call one or two people to break him.

Chinese PinYin : yī dāo liǎng duàn