Drink the best(yìn dú shàng liú)

Drink the best

Yindu shangliu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì nd ú sh à ngli ú, which means to despise the nobility and nobility. It comes from the biography of Gao Shi · Xu you by huangfumi of Jin Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Yao wanted to call me as the governor of Kyushu. He hated to hear his voice, so he washed his ears. The father of the nest said: the son has gone to the common world to seek his reputation and pollute my calf's mouth. Take the calf and drink it. Biography of Gao Shi · Xu you by huangfumi in Jin Dynasty

Idiom story

In ancient times, Yao heard that Xu you, a highly respected sage, was very capable, so he wanted him to be the governor of Kyushu. Xu you insists on not doing it. He feels that his ears are dirty, so he runs to the river to wash his ears repeatedly. His good friend Chao Fu leads the cow to the river to drink water and asks him why he wants to wash his ears. Xu you tells him that Chao Fu is afraid of polluting the cow's mouth and leads him to the upstream to drink water.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

Examples

When did you come here to build a Maotang. Zhang Jian's poem "listening to water on a mountain stream" in Yuan Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Xu you's ear washing

Chinese PinYin : yìn dú shàng liú