A collection of four-character idioms describing Tianshui

1. Idioms about Tianshui

It is as cold as water, does not accept water and soil, leaves mountains with water, dripping water penetrates rocks, and it is difficult to collect water.

1. Ice is colder than water

Definition: Ice is colder than water. Metaphorically speaking, students are better than teachers.

From: "Xunzi Encouraging Learning": "Green, taken from blue, and green from blue; ice, from water, and cold from water."

Dynasty: Pre-Qin

Author: Xun Kuang

Translation: Green is extracted from bluegrass, but it is greener than bluegrass; ice, water Made of water, but colder than water.

Example: You need to understand that if you are not as good as you are, you are not as good as you are. There is no need to dare or not. The descendants of Kunlun have always been in the same line and are as cold as water.

2. Not acclimated

Definition: Unable to adapt to the climate and eating habits of the place where you move.

From: "The Chronicles of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty": "The people of China do not know its terrain and cannot obey its soil and water."

Dynasty: Han

Author: Xun Yue

Translation: Chinese people do not know the local power and cannot adapt to the climate and eating habits of the place they move to.

Example: She was not accustomed to the culture of that country, so she returned to England.

3. Remaining mountains and rivers

Definition: Broken mountains and rivers. It mostly describes the land scenery after the subjugation of the country or after the accident. It is also a metaphor for things that have not been eliminated but remain.

From: "The Blood of Wanjiang·Determined Plan": "Take back the remaining mountains and water of the eighteen provinces, and wash away the filth and evil that has been hidden in the past two hundred years."

Dynasty: Qing

Author: Sun Yulin

Translation: Take back the broken mountains and rivers of the eighteen provinces, and wash away the grievances and sufferings of the past two hundred years.

Example: His works often use symbolic techniques to express his feelings, such as painting fish, ducks, birds, etc., all with their eyes turned to the sky, full of stubbornness; painting landscapes, mostly depicting desolate and desolate scenery, The mountains and rivers are left, and the feeling of admiration overflows on the paper.

4. Dripping water to penetrate the stone

Definition: dripping: liquid falling down little by little; wearing: breaking; penetrating. Refers to water falling drop by drop continuously; penetrating stones. It is a metaphor that as long as you have perseverance and keep working hard, things will naturally succeed.

From: Volume 10 of "Helin Jade Dew": "Guaiya Yuanbijuan said: 'A penny a day, a thousand days a thousand; a rope saws the wood, and the water drops penetrate the stone.'"

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Luo Dajing

Translation: Zhang Guaiya wrote: One penny a day, a thousand days a thousand; saw with a rope constantly Wood, wood will break. Water can't help dripping down. Over time, it can penetrate the stone.

Example: Read the books you need, read the books you like, read the books of sages. As time goes by, every drop of water will penetrate the stone, and your bookish spirit will come uninvited.

5. It is difficult to recover when the water is overturned

Definition: Overturn: turn over; extended to mean pouring, pouring, and splashing. Water thrown on the ground; difficult to take back. It means that things are a foregone conclusion; it is difficult to reverse them. It is extended to mean that the relationship between husband and wife has been severed; it is difficult to reunite.

From: "The Biography of He Jin in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty": "The affairs of the country are not easy! The water cannot be recovered. It is advisable to think deeply about it."

Dynasty: Southern Dynasty. Song Dynasty

Author: Fan Ye

Translation: National affairs are easier said than done! Covering with water is not advisable. It should be worth pondering.

Example: Once you say something, it will be hard to take it back. How can you be careless about what you say?