Continue with the rope(yǐ suǒ xù zǔ)

Continue with the rope

Yisuxuzu (Y ǐ Su ǒ x ù Z ǔ): use thick rope to connect the ribbon. It means that the talent and learning of the successor is far inferior to that of the predecessor. It comes from Liu Zhiji of Tang Dynasty.

Idioms and allusions

It comes from Liu Zhiji's Shi Tong · Za Shuo Shang in Tang Dynasty: "the virtuous monarch sees the suppression, but the thief minister is the party. It is against the principle to seek all the old rules. But this is the story of the disciple's pursuit of the book after he won Lin's last stroke. Is it not like those who are able to be holy? How clever

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: beginning and end

Chinese PinYin : yǐ suǒ xù zǔ