Coil pig and skinny dog: a metaphor for a mean or vulgar person.
Mud: níㄋㄧˊ, nìㄋㄧˋ. "Shuowen Jiezi": "Mud, water comes out of the northern land of Yuzhi and the northern barbarians. From water, the sound of Ni." (This is not the origin of the word, only for reference). Being against others and being close to each other is the paradigm of nuns. The two paradigms of water and Ni are superimposed. The mixture of water and soil is similar and peaceful, which is the paradigm of mud.
Pig, a first-class Chinese character, first came from "Shuowen". "Shuowen" "Pig, hog, and the one who lives in three-haired bushes. From hog, the sound." The original meaning of the coined word: noun, a fat pig that was an important source of food oil in ancient times.
A kind of domestic animal with short tail, short legs, short concave and straight nose, large and drooping ears. It likes to sleep and is meaty, and its meat is fat. Ancient books often use "pig" instead of "pig (traditional Chinese)". Extended meaning: piglet, generally refers to a place where pigs and water stop gathering.
Dog, a commonly used word in Chinese, is pronounced gǒu. It was first seen in bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Dog is composed of "dog" and "Ju". The word "Ju" means that they are connected and separated from each other. The whole word means a dog that is connected and separated from the mother dog. From this, the meaning of puppy is derived, which was later extended to mean All dogs, by extension, mean savage, despicable, and damned (colloquial).
The meaning and value of learning idioms
Idioms demonstrate the ability of Chinese to express huge and rich connotations and the ability to integrate semantics. It often contains a period of history, a story, an allusion, a principle, a philosophy, and it is naturally formed in the evolution of history. Almost every idiom has its origin. The culture and history of each dynasty and each generation are preserved in idioms, which makes idioms have distinctive cultural characteristics and era characteristics of each dynasty and each generation.
Idioms are a major feature of Chinese traditional culture. They come from a wide range of sources, including classics, masterpieces, historical stories, and common sayings passed down orally. There are words in the words. , there are sounds outside the words, and it contains extremely rich cultural connotations. It can be called the most dazzling pearl in Chinese culture. If you master it, you will master the essence of Chinese and the foundation of Chinese culture.