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一丘之貉 (Yī qiū zhī hé) Lit. jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other. From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=3 According to “The Book of Han – Volume 66 – Biographies of Gongsun, Liu, Tian, Wang, Yang, Cai, Chen, Zheng – Yang Chang“, Yang Chang’s father, Yang Yun (楊惲), was the…

(一竅不通) Yī qiào bù tōng (1) Lit. Not having even a clear aperture (of one’s head)(2) I don’t understand a word (idiom)(3) it’s all Greek to me From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=65 At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou indulged in alcohol and debauchery, pleasured himself with sumptuous entertainment, ignored the governance of the state, executed…

一錢不值 (Yī qián bù zhí) (1) not worth a penny(2) utterly worthless From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=1094 “Not worth a cent” originally appeared in the Records of the Grand Historian – Volume 107 – Biographies of the Marqueses of Weiqi and Wu’an. In this, it recorded that there was a general named Guan Fu (灌夫) in the Western…

一諾千金 (Yī nuò qiān jīn) Lit. a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom);Fig. a promise that must be kept From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=69 “A promise worthed 1,000 taels of gold” was originally “Ji Bu‘s promise”. According to “Records of the Grand Historian – Volume 100 – Biographies of Ji Bu and Luan Bu – Ji Bu”,…

一鳴驚人 (Yī míng jīng rén) Lit. A cry that astonishes the worldFig. To amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=59 According to “Han Feizi – Illustrations of Lao Tzŭ‘s Teachings”, in the Spring and Autumn Period, even though King Zhuang of Chu had been on the throne for…