understand thoroughly the truth of all things on earth and handle affairs successfully accordingly(kāi wù chéng wù)

understand thoroughly the truth of all things on earth and handle affairs successfully accordingly

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is k ā IW ù ch é NGW ù, which means to be familiar with all things and be able to do all kinds of things well. It comes from the book of changes.

Notes on Idioms

Open: open, understand; service: business.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of changes, the first part of the book of changes says, "the book of changes is just like this

Idiom usage

To know the truth of all things and act according to it.

Examples

Dabble endlessly, the history of the hundred, to start things, in order to develop Jue Zhi. (Chen Liang, Song Dynasty, the ode to Yu dezai, the county magistrate)

Song Yingxing, a scientist in the Ming Dynasty, explained the concept of "opening things" in his book Tiangong Kaiwu. "Opening things" refers to the development of all things by man, that is, the appreciation of all things through man's hard work, which is also the embodiment of the thought of the unity of heaven and man in ancient China.

Chinese PinYin : kāi wù chéng wù