Sharp idioms
Thorn, the first-class Chinese word, is pronounced thorn (√ or c √), thorn (√):1Something with a sharp point: embroidery. Stabbing and assassination. 2 assassination: assassin. Assassinate a detective, ask: spy. Point out the shortcomings of others with sharp words: irony. Slander. Something as sharp as a needle: a thorn. Fishbone thorn (cρ): Onomatopoeia: I slipped on the thorn.
That is, "Shuowen Jiezi": "Stab, direct injury also. From the knife, from the coffin. The sharpest part of the branches and leaves of trees is the paradigm of coffins. Direct insertion of the sharp part of the knife is an example of stab wound.
Explain in detail:
(1) pictophonetic characters. There was a sound from the knife. Original meaning: plunge into, stab with something sharp.
(2) with the original meaning [thorn; Sting; Pierce]:
You killed the doctor and stabbed him. Stab wound, direct injury. -"Shuo Wen"
Assassination. -"Erya"
The law of three pricks and three pardons. -"Li Zhousi's Ci"
Zhuan Xu was stabbed by Liao Wang, and a comet attacked the moon. -"Warring States Policy Wei Ce"
(3) Another example: stabbing burn (short for stabbing burn ointment, which means studying hard); Thorn (dark sword); Stab (with a knife, etc) into the heart. ) metaphor stings people); Puncture the blood (puncture the finger to bleed). Devout ascetic behavior); Piercing the arm (an ancient torture, tattooing the prisoner's arm; Blood on the arm, used to swear).
(4)? Irony? [irony; Imitate]:
Said Di Ku, the next Qi Huan, soup, martial arts, stab the world. -Historical Records Biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng
(5) Another example: ridicule (sarcasm); Stab evil (satirize evil); Sting and warning (ridicule and warning); Thorn beauty (satirize evil and praise beauty).
(6) kill. In ancient times, killing doctors was called stabbing.
After stabbing Yan Gongzi. -"Zuo Zhuan Cheng Gong Sixteen Years". Note: "Lu was stabbed when he killed the doctor."
Thorns gave birth to sorghum -"Mandarin Jin Yu"
(7) Another example: stabbing (assassination); Stabbing tigers (killing tigers).