Looking for jade
Zh ú sh ā nm ì y ù: it refers to the deep research to find out the true meaning of things. It comes from the second book on Gewu written by Lu Kun of Ming Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
Idiom: looking for jade in mountain; Pinyin: zh ú sh ā nm ì y ù.
Idioms and allusions
[source] according to the second book of Sun Zhong Zai Li Ting on Ge Wu written by LV Kun of Ming Dynasty, "if you pick gold through sand and search for jade through mountains, if you don't go to the most authentic place, how can you know the most important place?"
Analysis of Idioms
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing
Chinese PinYin : zhú shān mì yù
Looking for jade
make no discrimination but kill everybody. cǎo tì qín xiǎn
Change the soup but not the dressing. huàn tāng bù huàn yào
A hundred generations of passers-by. bǎi dài guò kè
have illicit relations with sb. yú qiáng zuàn xué
I don't know how old I am. bù zhī lǎo zhī jiāng zhì
not willing to listen to advice. shī xīn zì yòng
be somewhat refined in one 's rough way. cū zhōng yǒu xì