Pronunciation: diā o chó ng xi?o j?
Definition: small skill of carving insects: idiom. In ancient times, "carving dragons" meant writing articles, while "carving insects" meant writing calligraphy. A small skill of carving insects is a metaphor for insignificant skills. "Bug" refers to a bug book. Insect book is also called bird book.
The editor of idioms and allusions "Carving Insects" originally wrote "Carving Insects and Seal Carving", which came from the book Fa Yan by Yang Xiong, a writer in the Western Han Dynasty. Someone asked Yang Xiong if he liked to write poems when he was young. Yang Xiong replied: Yes, but that's just a skill like a boy carving insects and cutting seals. I stopped doing it when I was an adult. Yang Xiong belittles "carving insects and seal cutting" not because they are easy to learn, but because they are the most difficult to learn, but they have little practical effect. Later, people described "carving insects" as "carving insects".