pillow one 's head on stream and gargle one 's mouth with pebbles(zhěn liú shù shí)

pillow one 's head on stream and gargle one 's mouth with pebbles

Pillow flow Soseki, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ě NLI ú sh ù sh í, which means living in seclusion. It comes from Pai Diao, a new account of the world.

Analysis of Idioms

Mountain and valley

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing's new sayings of the world, Pai Diao: Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty: "Wang said:" flow can pillow, stone can gargle? " Sun said: "so pillow flow, want to wash their ears; so wash stone, want to sharpen their teeth."

Idiom usage

It refers to living in seclusion. I want to discuss your family affairs, thinking and joining the army carefully. Yan Fu's Ci Yun Da Sun Sheng in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : zhěn liú shù shí