use a stone as a pillow and rinse one 's mouth by means of stream - water -- living in seclusion(zhěn shí shù liú)
use a stone as a pillow and rinse one 's mouth by means of stream - water -- living in seclusion
Pillow stone souliu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ě NSH í sh ù Li ú, which means to live in seclusion in the mountains. It comes from Tang Shunzhi's preface to sending Peng tongduan to be an official in Ming Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
It refers to living in seclusion in mountain forest. It's the same as "wash the stone and wash the stream".
The origin of Idioms
Tang Shunzhi of the Ming Dynasty wrote the preface of sending Peng tongduan to be an official: "therefore, there are two ways to go, but there are no two ways to be an official. If you do not want to be an official, you will think that you are broad-minded. But if you say that the world is against me, how dare you look forward to you? You are not the reason why you treat yourself."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: Pillow stone, pillow rock and pillow stone
Idiom usage
It refers to living in seclusion
Chinese PinYin : zhěn shí shù liú
use a stone as a pillow and rinse one 's mouth by means of stream - water -- living in seclusion
