a stone 's throw(yī jiàn zhī dì)

a stone 's throw

A stone's throw, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī Ji à nzh ī D ì, which means the distance equivalent to the range of an arrow. Metaphors are not far apart. It comes from the 90th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The ninetieth chapter of the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "Song Jiang has won the Malay horse, and the leaders who are marching forward have gone to a stone's throw. When they see Song Jiang talking with Guan Zhong, they all wait on him."

Idiom usage

The third part of Yuan Wumingshi's Zhuge Liang Bowang shaotun: "give me a stone's throw and bury the pot to make rice." Song Jiang is on the horse, and the leaders who are on the March have gone to a stone's throw. Seeing Song Jiang talking with Guan Zhong, they all wait on him. The ninetieth chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

It's just a short distance, close in front of us. It's far away, far away, far away from each other

Chinese PinYin : yī jiàn zhī dì