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The original, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Yu á NYU á Nb ě Nb ě n, which means from the beginning to the end, according to the original, refers to the detailed description of all the causes and the whole process of things, without omission. From Xidu Fu.
The origin of Idioms
Ban Gu's Ode to Xidu in Han Dynasty: "the original is to see and hear."
Idiom usage
It refers to the actual situation. Then the official rushed forward and explained the matter in detail. The 12th chapter of Li Baojia's a brief history of civilization in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : yuán yuán běn běn
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sweep through the length and breadth of the territory. zòng héng chí chěng
just a flourish of the pen and it 's done. yī huī ér jiù
cultivate virtue throug practicing thrift. jiǎn yǐ yǎng dé
be too young and unable to understand how people should behave. shào bù gēng shì
To throw oneself into difficulties. wěi zhòng tóu jiān
allow oneself to be insulted to remain alive. rěn chǐ tōu shēng
tangled and invovled endlessly. sī lái xiàn qù