Zang Gu lost sheep(zāng gǔ wáng yáng)

Zang Gu lost sheep

Zang Gu Wu Yang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ā NGG ǔ w á ngy á ng, which means that the later reason is that the allusion is different, but in fact it is one. It comes from Zhuangzi's parallel thumb.

The origin of Idioms

In Zhuangzi's parallel thumb: "Zang and Gu were shepherds, Zang was reading books, Gu was traveling, and they all lost their sheep."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing. Example: Song Sushi's he Liu Daoyuan's Yong Shi: "Zhong Ni was worried about the world and was crazy about connecting with the public. Although the valley was different, they died both."

Idiom story

Zang and Gu went to herd sheep together and lost all the sheep. When asked what Zang was doing, he said he was reading with bamboo slips; when asked what Gu was doing, he said he was playing dice with others. The two of them did different things, but they did the same thing about losing the sheep.

Chinese PinYin : zāng gǔ wáng yáng