Liǔ àn huā míng:
(1) Describe the beautiful scenery of willow green flowers. Wei's poem "Early Dynasty".
(2) metaphor after twists and turns, it is another scene. Lu You's Poem "Tour Shanxi Zhuang" in Song Dynasty.
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At the end of one's rope/water/water
The meaning of "running out of water" originally meant that there was no way out. Yu Xin described the end of the road as "the end of the mountain" in the article Tombstone, Governor, Guangrao County Order, Zhou Yanzhou written in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The unfathomable valleys and towering cliffs make it impossible for people and horses to move forward. This is really the end of the landscape. In the Song Dynasty, Lu You's poem "Visiting Shanxi Village" said: "The mountains are heavy and the waters are heavy, and there is no road to doubt, and there is another village. In the poem, the meaning of "the mountains are heavy and the waters are heavy, and there is no road to doubt, and there is another village" is the same. Because the saying of later generations is "the mountain is at the end of its water", these two poems of Lu You are often changed to "the mountain is at the end of its water, and there is no road to doubt, and there is another village." The second meaning of this idiom comes from the original meaning, which is a metaphor for a desperate situation. There is a story about Li Bagang in Volume 12 of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio written by Pu Songling in Qing Dynasty. Mentioned that Li Bagang is a rich man. Because he likes to put gold in jars, people call him Li Bagang. When he was seriously ill, he divided his property among his two sons, with 80% for his brother and 20% for his younger brother Li. Eight cylinders told Yuesheng that it was not that he was partial, but that he had hidden gold for Yuesheng, and he could not give it to him before Yuesheng was "at the end of his tether". This is the meaning of "Don't expect to pay when you are at the end of your rope" in the original work of Liaozhai. Therefore, this idiom means that there is no way forward, but there is no way out.
Shaded willows and blooming flowers ―― beautiful scenery
(1) The idiom "The future is bright" was originally used to describe the scenery. The dark color of willow reflects the bright color, which is a beautiful scenery with dense green willows and flowers. Common in Tang poetry, such as Wang Wei's poem "Early Dynasty": "The willow is dark and the flowers are bright, the spring is deep, and the five cities are prosperous." Wu poetry's "Fengxiang is sent to the Maha Pool" says: "Dark willows and dark flowers will bloom in the mountains, and high-rise buildings will sing and drink in exchange for beauty face. Also known as "flowers are bright and flowers are dark", such as Li Shangyin's poem "Sunset Tower": "Flowers are bright and flowers are dark around the sky, and the city is as heavy as upstairs. This meaning is also commonly used today. For example, "Yangmingshan is the most charming in spring. 」
(2) Lu You, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "A Village Tour in Shanxi", in which he once described the scenery here as "a dark willow blooming brightly". Lu You's original poem is "A mountain is heavy and heavy, and it can't be recovered, and a dark willow leaves the village open", which means that the waterway is very tortuous. When you sail on it, you think there is no road ahead. Unexpectedly, when you turn a corner, the original dark scenery suddenly opens up and you see a piece of land in front of you. It is precisely because of these two poems by Lu You that "a bright future will bring another village" can be compared to a sudden turn for the better. There is a passage in Liang Qichao's "Diplomacy and Internal Affairs": "We read the history of the West, and the more we read it, the more interesting it becomes, and the peaks and turns everywhere, and a hundred flowers blossom." This is a metaphor.