Interpretation of Five Cows Crossing

The meaning of Wuniu Crossing is explained as follows:

Wu Niu Chuan Yue is an idiom derived from a historical story, and the related allusions of the idiom come from Ying Shao's Legacy in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original intention of Wu Niu Chuan Yue is that Wu Di Buffalo is afraid of being extremely hot and constantly panting when it sees the moon suspicious. Metaphor is to feel too much fear when seeing similar things, or to describe the hot weather; Can be used as an object and attribute in a sentence; With a derogatory connotation.

Idiom implication

Manfen laughed at himself with "Wu Niu Chuan Yue", just right, just right. Full of fear of cold, scared by the cold wind; Five cows are afraid of the sun, so they can't stop breathing when they see the moon. Actually, it's all psychological. As the saying goes, "once bitten, twice shy", people are still like this, let alone black cattle. If people encounter such a situation, they must find ways to overcome their psychological obstacles, and their psychological role cannot be underestimated.

Discrimination of idioms

Wu Niu Chuan Yue-Cup bow snake shadow. The meaning of the bow shadow and snake shadow in the cup is to mistake the bow shadow reflected from the glass for a snake, which is a metaphor for the fear caused by paranoia. Both "Wu Niu Chuan Yue" and "Cup Bow Snake Shadow" have the meaning of fear, because they suspect something terrible, but there are also differences: Wu Niu Chuan Yue also has the meaning of describing the hot weather, while "Cup Bow Snake Shadow" has no such meaning.

Further reading

Manfen: Why do you say that? It turns out that China buffaloes mostly grow in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River basins. In ancient times, it was called Wu, so the Niu Jiao Wu cattle here. Buffalo are very afraid of heat. As soon as it sees the sun, it will get hot all over and keep breathing. So in summer, buffaloes like to soak in cold water and rest in a cool place.

When some buffaloes see the moon, they mistakenly think that the sun is coming out, and they will be breathless with fear. In a word, it is a wonderful phenomenon that five cows breathe on the moon, and Manfen here vividly expresses his fear through a natural phenomenon, which plays a very good joke role.