Collection of idioms and culture about pigs

　　Among the Chinese zodiac signs , Chinese idioms about pigs are the least. "Going with the dog" and "Dog" are idioms that appear together with a dog, and they belong to a silly language.

　　In the idiom about pigs, the word "pig" does not appear, but is replaced by "彘" or "豕".

　　▲Lu Yuhaiwan

　　Refers to text errors in the writing and printing of books. "Lu" and "fish", and "hai" and "hog" are similar in appearance in seal script, which is easy to miswrite or misread. "Lv Family Spring and Autumn? Cha Biography", "A reporter who read the history said:'The three pigs of the Jin teacher cross the river.' Zi Xia said:'No, it is Jihai. The husband and the three are similar, and the pig is similar to the Hai.' "Jin Gehong's "Baopuzi? Xianlan": "The proverb says:'The book is written three times, the fish becomes Lu, and the empty becomes a tiger.'" Volume 4 of "Yi Lin" quoted this proverb as "Book three writes, fish Cheng Lu, the emperor becomes a tiger", so "Lu Yuhai hog" can also be used as "Lu Yu emperor tiger", with the same meaning.

　　▲The wolf rushes to the hog

　　This idiom metaphorically runs like a wolf and rushes like a pig. It is a derogatory idiom to describe bad guys running around in groups.

　　▲ Sealed hog long snake

　　It is also known as "closing and repairing snakes", using the big pig and the long snake as a metaphor for the greedy. This idiom comes from the "Zuo Zhuan? Four Years of Ding Gong": "Wu was named a hog and long snake, and he recommended food to the country, and the abuse began in Chu." Du Yun said: "Said Wu is greedy and harmful like a snake hog."

　　▲ Ten pig feet, nine bend inwards

　　It is a metaphor for people who always work towards themselves, vividly, and similar to the term "fertile water does not flow into the field of outsiders". "Ten years of wild boar, tiger 's food" is a metaphor for the people or things that the strong will eventually possess. There is no lack of lively interest in the ridicule.

　　▲ Zhu Bajie eats ginseng fruit without knowing the taste

　　This quote comes from the 24th episode of "Journey to the West", it is written that Zhu Bajie ate ginseng fruit secretly, but because he ate it too fast, he didn't taste any taste. Later used to describe some people gorging themselves and eating food too late to taste. The sixth chapter of "The Scholars" also said: "You minion,'Pig Bajie ginseng fruit, I don't know the taste'". It is also used as a metaphor for some people who read books are greedy and do things in a hurry, superficially and without gain.

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