Ill-made idioms

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The summit is an idiom evolved from fables, which comes from Biography of Historical Records and Zheng Ji. The original meaning of this idiom means that junior students are higher than senior students. Nowadays, it is often used to describe people and things that came later, making rapid progress, catching up with or surpassing the previous ones; Subject-predicate structure; Generally used as predicate and attribute in sentences.

The origin of the idiom: Biography of Historical Records of Zheng Ji by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty: "At first, An was listed as Jiuqing, and Gong and Zhang Tang were petty officials. Hong, this soup is a little expensive ... or use it. If you are pessimistic, you can't live without hope. You see, the preface says,' Your Majesty takes the minister as his salary, and the latecomers come from behind'. Keep quiet. Based on this, later generations summed up the idiom "coming from behind".

Idiom usage: The original meaning of "coming from behind" means that the junior newcomer is above the old minister, indicating disapproval. Metaphorically, when the old and the new alternate, the people or things behind can be better than the ones in front, with both praise and disparagement. Generally used as predicate and attribute in sentences; With praise.

Qing Ji Yun's "Continued Notes on Yueyang in Yuewei Caotang": "I am old now, and I haven't predicted the encounter between young literature and wine for a long time, but I don't know who it is?"

Sun Yat-sen's "General Theory of Knowing and Doing": "Of course, it intensified the evolution of the aristocratic class, and they came from behind. "

Idiom implication

This story enlightens people that promoting talents does not necessarily depend on seniority. It is not advisable to object to coming from behind. In the feudal era when people paid attention to seniority, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to break the rules. Ji An complained because he was "stubborn" and didn't know that "the latecomers came first" was the inevitable law of things' metabolic development.

Of course, it is inappropriate to choose people according to their seniority, even if they are backward and advanced, they are not fixed. Under certain conditions, backwardness can be transformed into advanced, and latecomers can catch up. Many advanced units and figures are not advanced from the beginning, but often give full play to their subjective initiative, change their original backwardness and strive to be advanced.