Idioms are bad for rough tea and light rice. ...

Simple tea and simple rice (delicacies) will last forever.

Order (disorder), as strong as gold (as dangerous as eggs)

Giving charcoal in the snow (adding fuel to the fire) means turning a deer into a horse (treating a tiger as a hut)

1, orderly: [jǐng rán yǒu xù]?

Basic explanation

Orderly: A neat appearance. Order: Order. Neat, orderly and organized.

Source: Wang Qing's "Fu Zhi" Volume 26: "For example, You Gongying's" I am in the Country "chapter is divided into three things: production, agriculture, famine relief ... in order."

Grammar: formal; As an attribute or adverbial; Include praise

2. Send charcoal in the snow: [Xu chūzh! ng sò ng tà n?

Basic explanation

Give people charcoal to keep warm on snowy days. It is a metaphor for giving material or spiritual help to others when they are in urgent need.

From: Song Fan Chengda's poem "Sending charcoal in the snow and hiding mustard seeds": "Sending charcoal in the snow is not a problem, but talking about the scenery."

For them, the first step is not icing on the cake, but ~. ◎ Mao Zedong's Speech at Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art

Grammar: formal; As predicate, object and attribute; Include praise

3, as solid as gold: [gù ruò jīn tāng]?

Basic explanation

A city made of metal, a moat made of boiling water. Describe the fortifications as extremely strong.

Said by: biography of Han Kuai Tong: "I will stick to the baby city, all of which are Jincheng and Tang Chi, so I can't attack it."

Example: If we can get his permission to protect Dagukou's battery, ~. ◎ Levin's Rouge Well

Grammar: formal; As predicate, attribute and complement; Include praise