having maps on the left and history books on the right -- a home library(zuǒ tú yòu shū)

having maps on the left and history books on the right -- a home library

Left picture and right book, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ǒ t ú y ò ush ū, which means there are books all around. It refers to a kind of Book Loving and studious, and also refers to a kind of book with illustrations. It comes from the ode to the natural moat of the Yangtze River.

The origin of Idioms

Zheng Tang's Ode to the natural moat of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty: "the orchid boat in the Guiji River, the picture on the left and the book on the right."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.

Examples

It and the capital of the scholars, hidden bag tail, skirt clogs romantic, left picture right book, ancient and modern Boda, not much like the difference between human and bird! Chapter one of part a of the book of great harmony by Kang Youwei

Chinese PinYin : zuǒ tú yòu shū