when one drinks water , one must not forget where it comes from(yǐn shuǐ sī yuán)

when one drinks water , one must not forget where it comes from

Drinking water to think of the source, pronounced y ǐ nshu ǐ s ī Yu á n, is a Chinese idiom, which means to remember where water comes from when drinking water. Metaphor does not forget the origin. It comes from Zheng Diao Qu by Yu Xin in the southern and Northern Dynasties.

Idiom explanation

When you drink water, remember where it comes from. Metaphor does not forget the origin. When one sink switch, one must not for get where it comes from.; be for get full of where to make the present possible for us; graduate for the source of benefit; never for get where one's sharing comes from

The origin of Idioms

Yu Xin's zhengdiao Qu in the southern and Northern Dynasties: "those who fall into reality think of their trees; those who drink their flow cherish their source." Chapter 25 of the story of heroes and Heroines: "Aung Gu, who is very kind to her, and her husband, who is both talented and beautiful, is drinking water and thinking of the source. She plans to take eight Liang that day, and then she will pay her back." According to the preface to the genealogy of the yuan family in Suiyang written by Yuan Fuzheng of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "drinking water and thinking about the source" are based on their knowledge Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation: Chapter 78 this is what he means by drinking water and thinking about the source. Chapter 28 of Li Baojia's Officialdom: my nephew is still protected by the army. How can I sit back and watch my nephew drink water and think about the source? Don't worry, old aunt!

Idiom usage

Of course, I think about the source of the problem by drinking water! How can you forget the man who dug the well? 2. When we grow up, we should drink water and think about the source. We should not forget the grace of our parents. 3. Motto of Shanghai Jiaotong University: "drinking water to think of the source, love our country and honor our school". 4. The food we depend on is all cultivated by the farmers. We should think about the source by drinking water and never forget their contribution.

Analysis of Idioms

Drinking water to think of the source, falling leaves to their roots, all have the meaning of "never forget the origin". The difference lies in: the meaning of returning to the root of fallen leaves often falls on the word "Gui"; the meaning of thinking about the source of drinking water often falls on the word "Si". When we emphasize the intention to return to our hometown, we should return to our roots with fallen leaves; when we emphasize the meaning of gratitude, we should think about the source with drinking water.

Idioms and allusions

Yu Xin was a famous writer in the northern and Southern Dynasties. In 544 ad, Emperor Liang Yuan sent him as an envoy to the Western Wei Dynasty. But before long, Liang Dynasty was destroyed by the Western Wei Dynasty. The king of the Western Wei Dynasty appreciated Yu Xin very much, so he stayed as an official in Chang'an, the capital of the Western Wei Dynasty. Yu Xin didn't want to, but he couldn't go. He has been living in Chang'an for nearly 30 years, and he misses his hometown very much. He once wrote in Zheng Diao Qu: "those who fall into reality think of their trees, and those who drink their flow cherish their source." He expressed his yearning for his hometown. This sentence later evolved into the idiom "drinking water to think of the source".

Chinese PinYin : yǐn shuǐ sī yuán