What do you mean by crossing the river?

From Liu song kezhuang's two birthdays of Zhu Xi: "try to count the number of people crossing the river, who is better than Xiaoxi?" . Interpretation: After the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Jiangnan, northern gentry came to Jiangnan one after another. At that time, some people said that "there are more celebrities crossing the river than crucian carp". There are many things that are fashionable. Later, it was used to describe that many people follow the fashion, but most of them blindly follow the trend.

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Origin: After the Eastern Jin Dynasty was established in Jiangnan, northern gentry came to Jiangnan one after another. At that time, some people said that "there are more celebrities crossing the river than crucian carp".

Example: the crowd likes it ~ with bright eyes and a full face of disdain. ★ Zhu Zhenguo's Crossing the City

Usage: more formal; Become an object; Describe many and chaotic

Note: The detailed explanation of this idiom is: The Western Jin Dynasty perished, the Central Plains was in chaos, and celebrities from the Central Plains came to the south of the Yangtze River in succession. So there is a poem "There are more celebrities crossing the river than crucian carp". Later used to describe many people who follow the fashion.

1. After getting off at the International Hotel Station, Liu Mang looked at the crowds coming and going in the street and the dazzling neon signs in the shops. After a pause, he followed the crowd from the zebra crossing to the other side of the road.

2. Don't look at Sunday. The so-called yogi, such as crucian carp crossing the river. It's really rare to get a true biography. Most people are just wasting their time, and in the end it's just a dream.

In every event worthy of historical writing, most of them only leave the names of heroes. Those unknown people who cross the river like crucian carp will be thrown ashore by the torrent of time and fade in the scorching sun. Papaan?

4. From 1980s to early 1990s, during the golden period of Japan's economic development, a large number of western architects came to Japan from the west.

There are too many companies entering this industry now, and a large number of "pirated" companies are like crucian carp crossing the river, just like 1999 suddenly appears as hundreds of online retailers.

6. The whole heaven has always admired the strong, and those who set foot on the road of practice are like crucian carp crossing the river.