fold one 's hands upon one 's forehead(yǐ shǒu jiā é)
fold one 's hands upon one 's forehead
In Chinese, Pinyin is y ǐ sh ǒ Uji ā é, which means to put your hand on your forehead to express happiness. From the story of Zhanggong Taoist temple.
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fold one 's hands upon one 's forehead
Pinyin
yǐshǒujiāé
Citation explanation
Put your hand on your forehead to show your happiness and gratitude. Yang Wanli of the Song Dynasty wrote in the story of Zhanggong Taoist temple: "once the words are spoken, the people of ten cities will increase the amount with their hands, and the family will recite them." "History of the Song Dynasty, volume 336, biography of Sima Guang": when the guards saw it, they all added their hands and said, "this is Sima Xianggong. The forty second chapter: Song Jiang increased the amount of money with his hands and said: shame! It turned out that the goddess Jiutian Xuannv, who was handed down three volumes of Tianshu to me, saved my life. Chapter 4 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: when the Chinese see that Zhuang Gong's mother and son return together, they all increase the amount of money with their hands, which is called the filial piety of Zhuang Gong.
Idiom usage
It's formal, predicate and commendatory.
Chinese PinYin : yǐ shǒu jiā é
fold one 's hands upon one 's forehead
