Eight-character idioms (expressing gratitude)

The idiom is: a drop of water pays off, and a spring pays off.

Accept a drop of water when necessary, and I will repay your kindness with spring water.

Athena Chu: d τ shu τ zhτ n, d ā ng y τ ng qu á n xi ā ng bà o

Interpretation: Even the smallest human feelings should be repaid twice (in action).

Source: "The grace of dripping water is rewarded with a spring." Zhu Zi's Letter is an augmented saint in Qing Dynasty. It was originally a folk proverb, widely recorded by newspaper people, and edited by Zhu Yongchun in Qing Dynasty. In order to teach children to wake up to the world, this proverb has been compiled into the explanation of 20 14 Beijing senior high school entrance examination questions.

Synonym: the crow feeds back, and the lamb kneels for milk.

The stroke order of each word observed in calligraphy

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Idiom to express gratitude: knot grass, drink water and think of the source.

Grass-knotted bit ring [jiec m 4 o Xián Juan]?

Interpretation: knot grass: knot grass together and trip over the enemy to save the benefactor; Ring: Yuhuan in the mouth. In the old days, it was a metaphor of gratitude, never forgetting until death. Later generations used the knot-knot title ring to refer to gratitude.

Origin: Qing Liu E's Travels of Lao Can: The ancestors of An Tian's ancestors will never die. I am grateful for your kindness and will definitely repay you.

Citation interpretation

Grass-planting is a matter of the Spring and Autumn Wei Dynasty. Look at Zuo Zhuan and Fifteen Years of Gong Xuan. The title ring used a bag: the bag saved a yellowbird. In the evening, a boy in yellow put four white jade rings with the treasure. He said: "It is such a link that makes the gentleman and grandson understand." See The History of the Later Han Dynasty Yang Zhenchuan, and Li Xi 'an cited Wu Liangjun's Continuing Yong Nan Chao Wen.

Later, the "knot grass bit ring" was the code word for repaying kindness. Ethan's "The Story of Grey Orchid" writes in the first fold: "Madam, thank you for your kindness. I will repay you. " Chapter 16, Volume 2 of Li Zicheng by Yao: "My uncle and the lords of Futai yamen have taken care of each other. Not only will my friend tie a knot on the grass, but my foolish brother will be grateful."

Also known as "knot grass bit ring". Fan Ming benefited from "finding relatives and meeting kindness": "I am still alive. How can I forget kindness without teeth?" I will wait until I have a grass ring, and I don't know when I can meet again. "See" grass ".

Knot grass and title ring are ancient legends of gratitude. The former is about a scholar-bureaucrat who married his father's concubine alone in order not to be martyred. The father of the dead concubine thanked his daughter, tangled the weeds on the ground, and tripped the benefactor's opponent to win. The latter said that a child saved the life of a trapped yellowbird, and the yellowbird got four white rings, claiming that this ring could make the benefactor's children white for generations and occupy a high position.

After that, the two allusions are combined into one sentence, which means that if you are loved by others, you will get good results, and life and death will remain the same. There are also people who say "ring grass."