The origin of Xiehouyu

Xiehouyu is a special language form created by the Chinese people in their daily life practice. It generally consists of two parts. The first half is a metaphor, like a riddle, and the second half is an explanation, like the answer to a riddle, which is very natural and appropriate. In a certain language environment, usually by saying the first half and "resting" the second half, you can understand and guess its original meaning, so it is called "Xiehouyu".

The name "Xiehou" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. The so-called "Zheng Wu Xiehou Style" (a "Xiehou" style poem) has been mentioned in "Old Tang Book. Biography of Zheng Wei". But as a language form and language phenomenon, it has already appeared as far back as the pre-Qin period. For example, "Warring States Policy. Chu Policy Four": "It is not too late to mend the sheep's fold." This means that it is not too late to repair the sheepfold after losing the sheep. This is what we see today.

Xiehouyu has distinctive national characteristics, rich flavor of life, humor and thought-provoking, and is loved by the people. Although ancient Xiehouyu is rarely found in written records, there are certainly many spread among the people. For example, Qian Daxin's "Heng Yan Lu" contains: "Send goose feathers thousands of miles away, the things are light and the people are heavy. This is the proverb of the Song Dynasty recorded in Fuzhai." This kind of postscript is still used by people today.

Adou's empire - given away for nothing

Adou-like character - incompetent

Ah Er plays the sheng - playing the flute indiscriminately

Ah'er is a doctor - no one dares to invite him

A'er is all over the street - being a fool

My brother is eating noodles - scratching randomly

Grandma has a beard ——Abnormal

Sister A Qing pours tea - not a drop of water leaks; not a drop of water leaks

Be whipped but not stick - eat the soft and not the hard

Those who are beaten A dog bites a chicken - takes it out on others

A turtle that gets slapped - shrinks its neck

A duck that gets a knife - runs around

Is it okay to apologize for being slapped? ——Slavish and obsequious

The beaten dog——frustrated

The beaten duck——running around

The fat pig that received the knife—— —Not afraid of being scalded by boiling water

The leather ball that has been hit by a knife is deflated

The foxtail grass that has been hit by frost is wilted

Eating sea pepper next to the stove (Pepper) - Fever inside and outside

Going up a short ladder to a high house - cannot reach the eaves (eaves)

A short man wearing high heels - height is limited

The dwarf fights the wolf - just shouting is not enough

The dwarf flies the kite - keeps getting higher and higher; keeps rising

The dwarf farts - humbles himself

The dwarf goes sightseeing ——Echoing the voice

The dwarf crosses the river—Safe (drowned) heart

The dwarf watches a play—listens to the voice

The dwarf draws the general from within—makes use of the materials ; Take advantage of shortcomings

The dwarf climbs the stairs - eagerly looking forward to it

The dwarf climbs the slope - rises step by step; climbs higher step by step

The dwarf woman - - Low knowledge

The short man rides a big horse - he is in a dilemma; he is in a dilemma

The short man wants to reach the sky - he does not know how high the sky is; delusion; wishful thinking

The short man sits high The stool - cannot be reached; cannot be reached up and down; difficult to reach up and down

Litigation-loving hero - poor vindictiveness

The wooden fish in the nunnery - allowed to be beaten

Quail want to eat the fruit from the tree - they can't reach it; they want good things; they want nothing more than good things

Watching people drowning on the shore - they do nothing to save them

Catching for the moon on the shore - in vain Effort; wasted effort

Buying shoes based on someone else's foot size - just copy it by rote

The beggar who pressed the colored ball - stupidly happy

Picked the medicine according to the prescription - Do as you're told

Peck at the rice by pressing the chicken's head - it's all in vain

Drink the water by pressing the head of the cow - you can't do it; there's nothing you can do

Peck the gourd and lift the scoop - — Looking at one end and then the other; falling one after another

The top door of the chopping board - the tube is wide

The rolling pin on the chopping board - a single stick

Chopping board The meat on the chopping board - to be slaughtered by others; to be slaughtered by others

The fish on the chopping board - to be knifed

Stalking in secret - sneaking around

Playing in secret Boxing - beating blindly for a while

Threading a needle in a dark room - sad

Secretly making a stumbling block - wilting is bad

Burning up all the lamp oil - heartburn (Core)

Put ice on the griddle - melt into soup

Put pancake on the griddle - turn it over

Eight hundred coins fell into the well ——It’s hard to touch which pendant

The flagpole erected eight hundred years ago——Old Single

Eight hundred copper coins worn on a string——out of tune (dang)

Sprinkle pepper on the eight-treasure rice - add another flavor

Eight-life old account - can't explain

Seven-inch shoes on eight-inch feet - awkward

Badou's small hanging jar - cannot hold a stone

Myna pecks persimmons - picks out the weak ones

Eight old men punch each other - three orders and five Shen (stretch)

Eight dollars for the plaster - stained

Eight dollars for a bowl of wontons - no noodles

Eight people sitting at the same table with crooked necks - no one is looking at them Who

The format of the eight-part essay is the same

Sleeping in the Bagua furnace - steaming steam

Horse riding in the Bagua formation - there is no way out; the way out is difficult Find

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Eighth level engineering technology - striving for excellence

Eighth level master learns crafts - grow old and learn as you grow old

Anise falls into a manure pit - no difference between smell and smell ; The smell and fragrance are indistinguishable

An eight-and-a-half-pound turtle swallowed a large weight—a cruel bastard

An eight-and-a-half-pound old turtle swallowed a large weight—a cruel bastard

The eight and a half kilogram tortoise is the number one winner - the rules (turtle lift) are not small

Eighty people carry the sedan - so majestic

The eighty-year-old man is shaking his head - —Unwilling to do so; not allowed to do so

The eighty-year-old man blowing the lamp - out of breath; out of breath

The eighty-year-old man practicing the pipa - a cliché (playing)

The eighty-year-old man learns boxing - the more he practices, the stronger he becomes

The eighty-year-old man learns the craft - he works hard in old age

The eighty-year-old old man - There is no successor

Shaving at the age of eighty - dissatisfied with old age

The eighty-year-old man carries the burden - he has more than enough ambition but lacks the strength

Leave it at the age of eighty Beard - an old idea

80 years old without children - old age alone

80 years old and having a son - generations behind

80 years old dancing ——Old Innocence

Playing with monkeys at the age of eighty - an old trick

Learning to play the flute at the age of eighty - all old tunes; old tunes

Eighty Learning to beat at the age of 80 - fighting for his life

An eighty-year-old actor pretends to be a child - rejuvenating his youth

Standing at the counter at the age of 80 - he is good at it

Eighty-five-year-old actor Hunting rabbits - the gains outweigh the losses

Eight Immortals crossing the sea - each showing his magical powers

Eight Immortals gathering - magical chat

The Eight Immortals table is missing a leg - it will not sit levelly

Lamps are placed on the table of the Eight Immortals - clearly placed

The table of the Eight Immortals - angular

The Eight Wise Kings enter the palace - so difficult to invite

August The bitter melon - red in the heart

The lotus root in August - fresh and tender

The pomegranate in August - full of ideas

The pomegranate in August Persimmons - the redder they get as they get older; the redder they get when they get old

The osmanthus blooms in August - the fragrance is everywhere

The cucumber shed in August - empty shelves

Eating New Year’s Eve dinner on August 15th—it’s still early

Eating Yuanxiao on August 15th—it’s different

Eating rice dumplings on August 15th—not the right time

The mooncakes on August 15th - everyone is happy; everyone loves them; both above and below

The moon on August 15th - the same every year; upright and bright

Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival on August 15th - too late; too late

Watching dragon lanterns on August 15th - half a year late

Having a baby on August 15th - just in time

Send moon cakes on August 15th - just in time for the festival

Clouds cover the moon on August 15th - a disappointment

Steamed rice cakes on August 15th - As early as possible (Jujube)

August 15th kind of peanuts - blind command

A crab with eight legs - domineering

Not a single sign - no Eyes and eyebrows; far off; far off

Sores on the palm - poisonous hand

Putting shoes on the palm - no way; no way to go

Pancakes spread on the palm ——Skillful hand; good hand

The toad that peeled off the skin—annoying in life, scary in death

The temple that peeled off the wall—panicked

Plantains planted on old trees - thick branches and big leaves

Pantain blossoms - one heart; closely connected

Panana leaves built into bird's nests - good times don't last long

Scarred eyes and sores - it's so bad

Pluck weeds to attract snakes - ask for trouble; ask for trouble

Pluck onions and plant sea peppers - one crop is better than the other Stubble

The jointed sorghum - getting higher and higher; rising steadily

The sorghum drum - the light on both sides

The alarm clock that is pulled out - specially made Something to remind people

Plucked out radishes - there are holes

Plucked out radishes and planted onions - each one is spicier than the last

The hair has been plucked Phoenix - not as good as a chicken

Plucked pigeon - can't fly

Pulling out the stopper and refusing to use water - stubbornness

Pulling the seedlings to encourage success - eager for success

Bajiao A donkey chasing a rabbit - unable to catch up; unable to drive it out

Bajiao Immediately on the battlefield - life or death

Ba Zi pulls carrots - pulls them crookedly

Ba Zi walks on stilts - sooner or later he will look good

Ba Zi Fighting siege - sit and shout; sit on the ground and shout

Bazi rushes the horse - out of reach

Bazi comes on stage - his position is unstable

Pushing snot on his face Wiping - looking for embarrassment

Pouring fertilizer on weeds - hard work in vain; hard work in vain

Putting your face in your trousers - shameful

Drive people under the wall - desperate

Treat dolls as monkeys - fool people

Treat monsters as Bodhisattvas - no distinction between good and evil

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Old Huang Zhong on the shooting range - a hundred hits

Farewell My Concubine - no choice; no choice

White-necked old bird - speaking is a disaster

White-necked dung beetle - distinctive; different

White cloth entering the dye vat - it cannot be washed; it cannot be cleaned

White cloth is used to make cotton-padded jackets - it is all rational (inside) )

Baicai Bangzi - I like it but I don’t like it; it looks good or not delicious

Playing with a sickle in the cabbage field - I am distracted

Chinese cabbage braised with tofu - —No one takes advantage of anyone else

Fried green onions with cabbage leaves--kissing (green) on top of kissing (green)

The white-bone spirit pretends to be a bride--evil in a demon

The white-bone spirit performs somersaults - ghost tricks

The white-bone spirit transforms into a beautiful woman--a human face and a ghost heart

The white-bone spirit speaks human words--the white-bone spirit confuses the public

The white-bone spirit Delivering food - ambitious; not well-intentioned

The White-bone Demon's speech - confusing the crowd

The White-bone Demon meets Sun Wukong - his true colors are revealed

White Crane stands Among the chickens - stand out

The white tiger enters the door - disaster is imminent; disaster is imminent

Painting with boiled water - light (clear) understatement

Pink knot Osmanthus fragrans - the root is not right

The white wax pole makes a comeback - single choice

The heart made of white wax - cannot see the sun and cannot see the fire

The white-faced traitor appears - —Evil appearance; evil appearance

A white-faced wolf wears a straw hat—cannot change a person

A white-faced wolf wears glasses—pretends to be a good person; pretends to be a good person

White The fox with the tip of its tail - a cunning person

The white cat got into the stove hole - discredited itself

The white-haired crow - different

The white lady Fighting against the sea of ????fafa - shining with all the strength

The White Snake floods the golden mountain - going to war

The White Snake meets Xu Xian - a thousand-mile marriage is tied by a thin thread

Seeing ghosts in the daytime - - Xuanhu; I am sick in my heart

Daydreaming - random thoughts

Peeling the skin of milk in a pot of white water - I can't do it; I can't do it

Gypsum under white water - it's done No tofu

Cooking cabbage in white water - tasteless

Cooking in white water - cooking without rice

Bai Suzhen never leaves Xu Xian - love is inseparable

Arsenic wrapped in white sugar - the poison is inside

White sugar pierces the mouth with a knife in the heart - honey in the mouth and a sword in the belly

Lighting up a lantern during the day - in vain

Looking forward to the moon during the day - don't think about it ;Don't think about it; don't think about it

Lighting up a lamp in the daytime - it's unnecessary

Catching ghosts in the daytime - there is no shadow

Platinum ax - two-sided light

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The white crane has a bald tail - a fly in the ointment

The underworld is drawn on white paper - it cannot be erased; it is obvious; it is clear; it is clear

White Black words written on paper - black and white; clear; clear, crystal clear

A lantern made of white paper - it lights up once it is lit

Scissors hanging on the top of a hundred-foot pole - Gao Cai (tailor)

All rivers return to the sea - the general trend

Department stores sell suits - a set

Department stores sell shoes and socks - —Each one has his or her own size

A hundred-jin burden plus iron

Weight - a heavy responsibility is on the shoulders; a heavy responsibility is shouldered

A hundred catties of steamed longevity peaches with noodles - waste snacks

A hundred catties of weight can be carried on the shoulders, but one or two pen poles cannot lift it - Da Lao Chou

A family in Baili Grassland - lonely

Baili Xi recognizes his wife - high position and never forgets old love

Baili Xi feeds cattle and pays homage to the prime minister - - People should not be judged by their appearance

Lark playing with peonies - Birds singing and flowers fragrant

Hundred-meter race - every second counts; race against time; rush to catch up; rush to catch up

Centennial pine tree, May Banana - rough branches and leaves

No rain for a hundred days - long-lasting love (sunny)

A hundred-year-old father-in-law blowing fire - old-fashioned

A million-strong army goes to the south of the Yangtze River - —Mobilize troops and mobilize people

Hung red lights on a hundred-foot tall pole - extremely red

Cypress rafters - would rather break than bend

Asphalt burns a pig's head - uproots

The prodigal son turns back - gold will not be exchanged

The defeated general collects the remaining soldiers - regroups

Please open a cocoon shop with the brothers - form a party for personal gain (silk)

New Year's greetings - Say good things as much as possible

Walking into the Luzu Temple - going to the wrong door; looking for the wrong door

Can't pull the rabbit back - not stable; unstable

Sit down on the sesame cakes if you can’t push them down - the face person

Stop the pot and scare the mother-in-law - shrew

Stop the gourd and spill the oil - don’t do anything , endlessly

Hold the stove to dry your hair - it's not possible

Hold your fingers to settle accounts - there are many

The yamen in the squad room - The servant's

The turtle dove nests in the nest - hanging eggs

The zebra's head - clear and logical

The turtle dove fights - shows off the coquettishness

Moving Bodhisattva takes a bath - the more you make it, the worse it gets; wasted effort; wasted effort

Lifting a stone roller and hitting the grinding plate - hitting the solid (stone) with solid (stone)

Moving a stone to hit the sky - - Overestimating one's ability; overestimating one's ability; being unable to do it; being out of reach

Handstand on the bench - all four feet in the air

Putting eggs on the bench - dangerous; adventurous; dangerous; unreliable ; Unreliable

Putting tribulus on the bench - unable to sit firmly; unable to sit still

Sleeping on the bench - difficult to turn over; unable to turn over

On the bench Playing mahjong - can't pull apart; can't create a scene

Drilling holes in the bench - there are holes in the bench; there are holes in the board

Chopping firewood with a wooden ax - cutting with one side

Door gods posted on the board door - one facing east, one facing west

The loach on the board - no place to stay; no place to hide

Nails on the board - real; not running away ; Can't run; can't change; can't change

Punch a nail on the board - steady progress

Half sheep's head - one horn

Half pig's head - one eye

Picked up a trumpet on the way - I can play it

Half of a half-assed person - two hundred and five

Half a copper coin - not a square meter

Half a brick - thrown away

Half a pound to eight ounces - on par; each other; the same thing; no one suffers; no one suffers

Half a pound is thrown away On the four liang - rising high

The clouds in mid-air - ever-changing

In mid-air - a big somersault

In mid-air The torch - Gao Ming

The balloon in mid-air - cannot reach the sky or the ground; it hangs for miles

Set off firecrackers in mid-air - think (loud) high

Building a house in the mid-air - no place to stay; no place to stay

Driving livestock in the mid-air - showing the horse's feet

Hanging thorns in the mid-air - ironic (wind) thorns

Hanging scissors in the mid-air - Gao Cai (cutting)

Horse riding in the mid-air - Soaring in the clouds and riding the mist

Counting fingers in the mid-air - Calculate the height

Half a basket of melon seeds - not considered a person (benevolence)

Half a basket of magpies - chirping

Departure halfway - has a beginning but no end

News on the road - Hearsay

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Keeping guests on the road - talk lively; talk enthusiastically

Cheng Yaojin appears on the road - something goes wrong; caught off guard; sudden

Half Bottle of vinegar - sloshing around

Guanyin on the cliff - honest (stone) person

Pouring of bad water (water skiing) on ??the mountainside - dirty

Walking on a tightrope in the clouds for half a day - being on tenterhooks

A bright star appears in the clouds for half a day - a lucky star shines high

Blowing a suona in the clouds for half a day - thinking (loud) high

The rain in the clouds for half a day - cannot become a climate; it cannot become a climate

The rain in the clouds for half a day - pretending to be crazy (wind)

Looking through the account books in the clouds for half a day - Count it high

Watch the fight in the clouds for half a day - stand aside and watch

Take care of household chores in the clouds for half a day - empty talk

Bolid balloons float in the clouds for half a day - high above; nowhere to be found

Half a day in the clouds riding a crane - flying far away

Half a day in the clouds making clothes - Gao Cai (tailoring)

Half a day in the clouds clapping hands - master

Eating cucumbers in the middle of the night - can’t touch the head and tail

Eating roast chicken in the middle of the night - thinking (with a tearing sound)

Playing the piano in the middle of the night - making music in secret

The cock crows in the middle of the night - I don't know; the time is messed up

Call the girl's door in the middle of the night - the visitor is unkind

The quilt in the middle of the night - is getting warm

The widow in the middle of the night - sad

Make dough in the middle of the night - tinkering with it

Swinging an ax in the middle of the night - talking (chopping) blindly

Hide and seek in the middle of the night - blind touch; unable to touch

Chatting in the middle of the night - nonsense

Getting up in the middle of the night to get dressed - too early

Knocking on the door in the middle of the night without being alarmed - having a clear conscience

Raining in the middle of the night - one's whereabouts are unknown; one's whereabouts are unknown

Having a nightmare in the middle of the night - a false alarm; a false alarm

Dreaming about chewing pig's trotters in the middle of the night - thinking about good things; thinking about it is not beautiful

Dreaming about marrying a bride in the middle of the night - thinking about good things; thinking about it is not beautiful

The person pretending to be Qin Hui did not take off his costume - who has never seen that two-faced person

Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger - a wise man like a fool

Stumbled and lay down by the cesspit - not close to death (shit) Far

Flick your arms - stop doing it

Hidden pearls in clams - the good stuff is inside

Blow fire with a stick - know nothing

The mallet hits the vat - it falls apart

The mallet serves as a needle - no matter how thick or thin

The mallet turns into a candle - carelessness

The mallet goes to town - it becomes a success Mischief

Inserting a needle into the mallet - thick and thin

Knocking the mallet on the bamboo tube - fantasy (sound)

The mallet goes to the sky - one day it will fall to the ground

Hitting a duck with a stick - croaking

Hitting a mandarin duck with a stick - it is difficult to separate; the two are separated

Making a cake out of a stick - not serious Ingredients

Boiled gourd with stick noodles - confused; confused

Boiled chicken with stick noodles - confused eggs

Arranged marriage - involuntarily ; Involuntarily

Bao Danbu washes his face - generous

Bao Gong's Shangfang Sword - chop first and then show off

Bao Gong's guillotine - does not recognize people

Bao Gong adjudicates the case - accepts the reason but not the person

Bao Gong distributes grain - considers the poor

Bao Gong kills his nephew - first governs the inside, then the outside

Gong Bao tried the case - impartially; disowned his relatives

Gong Bao attacked the royal family - the law is intolerable

Getting on the plane with his feet wrapped in cloth - reaching the sky in one step

The foot-wrapping cloth is used as a whip - Wen (Wen) cannot be Wen (Wen), Wu (Wu) (Lice) Dance) cannot be martial (dance)

The cloth used to wrap the feet is used as a button - smelly and hard; smelly and hard

The cloth used to wrap the feet is used as a scarf - it smells bad

The pancake maker who makes dumplings for Yuanxiao - a versatile person

Eat the buns with red bean paste - taste the sweetness

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Grinning - the beauty is revealed

Not removing the pan when the buns are cooked - feeling angry

Opening the buns - revealing the stuffing

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