very small characters(yíng tóu xiǎo kǎi)

very small characters

Feitou Xiaokai, a Chinese idiom, is y í NGT ó uxi ǎ OK ǎ I in pinyin, which means regular script Chinese characters the size of feitou.

Idiom explanation

Regular script Chinese characters, the size of a fly's head, refer to very small regular script. Also known as "flying head Kai".

The origin of Idioms

The tenth part of Wang Shizhen's book and Yu Zhongwei's book in Ming Dynasty: "there are many similarities and differences in the collection. If we want to take this book as the correct book, we must write regular script and send it with iron wrist." See the book of flies. Chapter 70 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "when Baoyu was opened, it was a small regular script with the head of the Lord of bells and flies on the oiled paper, and the handwriting was very similar to that of herself." According to Li Yu's "casual sending, utensils playing, system" in Qing Dynasty, "if you meet a celebrity, you can ask for a new sentence. Depending on the width of the place, you can think of the size of the word, either as a goose's running script, or as a small regular script." Qian Yong's "Lu Yuan Cong Hua · painting studies · people in painting" in Qing Dynasty: "over 80 years old, I can still write small regular script." Note: "Zhong Wang" refers to Zhong Yao, a famous calligrapher and statesman in the Three Kingdoms period, and Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Xinhua monthly, issue 2, 1979: "he left a complete diary which he recorded neatly in small block letters during the period of the New Fourth Army." It is also written in regular script.

Chinese PinYin : yíng tóu xiǎo kǎi