Interpretation: hug: hold tight. Holding on to old junk. Describe conservative thinking, not striving for progress. It also refers to antiquities that are not completely preserved but still valuable.
Also known as "rut".
The source of the idiom comes from Xin Zhuan: "I still want to cling to the remnants and guard against the shortcomings, and I am afraid of breaking my private will, but I can't do good for the public interest."
Idioms and their stories
Liu Xin, the youngest son of Liu Xiang, a famous writer in the Western Han Dynasty, rode as a conductor and served as a doctor in the car when Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty. He suggested to Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty to send someone to study Zuo Zhuan, but his colleagues were very dissatisfied. He accused them of sticking to the rules and clinging to their shortcomings. Finally, he was pushed out of Beijing by his peers and had to be the magistrate of Hanoi County.
example sentence
(1) Don't get rid of the old idea of ~; We can't better participate in the tide of reform.
(2) Reform any old system; It is inevitable to be blocked by people from.