No one came down but the stairs(zhǐ tīng lóu tī xiǎng，bù jiàn rén xià lái)

No one came down but the stairs

It's a Chinese idiom. It comes from Sima vincen's the wind and rain Tongjiang river. The metaphor is only spoken, but no actual action.

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Metaphors are just words, not actions.

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The third chapter of Sima Vinson's "wind and rain Tongjiang River" says: "when I go there for many years, when I say I want to come back, I always" just listen to the stairs, but no one comes down. "

Discrimination of words

Idiom structure: complex sentence idiom generation time: Contemporary idiom synonym: dry thunder does not rain idiom example: only listen to the stairs, no one comes down, don't blow any more

Chinese PinYin : zhǐ tīng lóu tī xiǎng，bù jiàn rén xià lái