A Book close at hand(zhǐ chǐ zhī shū)

A Book close at hand

A Book close at hand is a Chinese idiom, and its pinyin is zh ǐ ch ǐ zh ī sh ū, which means that the letter is long enough, so it is called from the biography of Huaiyin marquis in historical records.

Idiom explanation

letter. In ancient times, wooden slips were used for writing, and the length of letters was long enough, so it was called.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Huaiyin marquis in historical records, he sent his debaters to write a Book close to him, and exposed his strong points to Yan. Yan would not dare not disobey him Su Xun of Song Dynasty wrote the first book of neihan in shangouyang: "if you want to serve the book with your bare hands and trust yourself to the deacon, how can the Deacon know and believe it?"

Idiom usage

As an object; of a letter

Examples

I heard that Qian was resourceful and brave. If the Duke of Ming had a Book close to him, he had a lot of money. He only said that the bandits in Yuezhou were not even, so he borrowed money from Dong Chang to fight here. The twenty first volume of Yu Shi Ming Yan by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : zhǐ chǐ zhī shū