like throwing stones into the water(yǐ shí tóu shuǐ)

like throwing stones into the water

It is a Chinese idiom, which is used as predicate and attribute,

Pinyin: y ǐ sh í t ó ushu ǐ

Interpretation: like a stone into the water to sink. Metaphors work well with each other.

idiom

like throwing stones into the water

Pinyin

yǐshítóushuǐ

Citation explanation

It's like a stone sinking in the water. Metaphors work well with each other. In Liezi Shuo Fu: "Duke Bai asked," if you throw a stone into water, what would it be like? " Confucius said, "no one can take Wu Zhishan." According to Lu's spring and Autumn Annals, Duke Bai said, "if you throw a stone into the water, would you please Xi Ruo?" Confucius said, "no one can take it." Li Xiaoyuan's theory of fortune in the Three Kingdoms States States: "even if he was born in the Han Dynasty, his words are like throwing a stone into the water. Don't go against it." In the biography of Li Yuanzhong in the book of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is said that "when you meet Dongyuan, the emperor of Gaozu, things and hearts will meet. Once you encounter a majestic posture, you will drain your heart and pour stones into the water. Is that in vain?" Volume 59 of "seven signatures of Cloud Collection" by Zhang Junfang of Song Dynasty: "such a person has the capital of the previous generation, and there is nothing like throwing stones into water." Li Zhi of Ming Dynasty wrote a book with friends: "Zhou pretended to be deaf and dumb, and got the body of Lao Tzu. Therefore, his words are pure and peaceful, and nothing is for the use of nature. For example, throwing stones into water does not contradict each other." In Yanke's "the combination of heaven and man" of Ming Dynasty, it is said that "it is like throwing a stone into the water to subdue the spoils, and I dare not contend for the balance between the heavy and the heavy."

Discrimination of words

Related words: to show off, to persuade people, to see mountains and rivers

Idiom usage

Usage: used as predicate and attribute; used in writing

Chinese PinYin : yǐ shí tóu shuǐ