odds and ends of sewing(zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo)

odds and ends of sewing

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ē NT ó uxi à NN ǎ o, which means sewing needle and thread. It's a metaphor for small things. It comes from chapter 92 of the marriage of awakening the world.

Analysis of Idioms

Needle and thread

The origin of Idioms

The ninety second chapter of "marriage to awaken the world" written by Xi Zhou Sheng in Qing Dynasty: "only Madame Chao is a person who does not want to forget the old and read people's benefits. When a casual person comes home, it's either two or two, or even one or two, or even five dollars less. Besides, there are cloth uppers, needles and so on."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; of small things. The eighth chapter of the marriage story of awakening the world: "this is five liang of silver. It's for buying needles and thread with your aunt." "The lamp of the crossroad. Chapter 83:" you open the box and look for some needles and thread, broken Satin pieces, small silk sheets, Ge Jin Liang fan, and this daughter. "In the first paragraph of Yang Shuo's three thousand li Jiangshan:" a big girl's family, not to mention learning a needle at home, goes to work like her father every day. " Sun Li's "Baiyangdian chronicle Village Song II": "you have to register what you have in your family. You have to count the needle and thread." "I'm not interested in leading large and small collective enterprises in the company and organizing the production of small and medium-sized factories. I don't like to engage in needling and brainstorming," said Jiang Zilong

Chinese PinYin : zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo