Idiom: I bought a gift and returned the pearl.

Pronunciation: Mr. Idujuanshi

Interpretation: rafter: wooden box; Pearl: Pearl. Bought a business box and returned the pearls. Metaphor has no vision and improper choice.

Source: Everything is done by Han Feizi's Foreign Reserve: "Chu people have sold pearls to Zheng as a cabinet of Mulan, smoked with cinnamon, decorated with pearl jade, decorated with roses and woven with feather jade. Zheng people buy their coffins and return their beads. "

Example: A poor reader, an ignorant elite, pities the dross. ~, although there are many benefits? If you change it to vernacular Chinese, it will be gone (Liang Ting's "On Vernacular Chinese as the Foundation of Political Reform" in the Qing Dynasty)

to gild the lily

Idiom: gild the lily.

Pronunciation: huàshétiānzú

Interpretation: Add feet to the snake when drawing it. It is not only useless but also inappropriate to do something superfluous.

Source: "The Warring States Policy Qi Ce II": "There are not enough snakes, but the children can be safe. And learning from other countries, although there are wise teachers and good friends, it is time-consuming and laborious to paint fat and carve ice. "

Ex.: The general's achievements have been achieved, and his prestige has been greatly shaken, so he can stop. If you go forward today, if you don't like it, it's like "~". (Shi Ming Naian's "Water Margin" is the hundredth time)