高屋建瓴
Chinese
high; tall house; room to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to constructconcave channels of tiling trad. (高屋建瓴) 高 屋 建 瓴 simp. #(高屋建瓴) 高 屋 建 瓴 Literally: “to pour water off a steep roof”.
Etymology
From 《史記·高祖本紀》 (Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Gaozu).
- 地勢便利,其以下兵於諸侯,譬猶居高屋之上建瓴水也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
- Dìshì biànlì, qí yǐ xià bīng yú zhūhóu, pìyóu jū gāo wū zhī shàng jiàn líng shuǐ yě. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
地势便利,其以下兵于诸侯,譬犹居高屋之上建瓴水也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Idiom
高屋建瓴
- to sweep down irresistibly from a commanding height; to operate from a strategically advantageous position
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