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Guess,Idioms Ant Manor

There are many idiom games in Ant Manor, such as 五花八门, 絕無僅有, mirage and so on.

The idiom five flowers originally originated from ancient art of war, which is a simple summary for the five elements and eight trigrams formation. The five flowers refers to the five elements of the formation, namely gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Eight doors refers to the eight trigrams, namely Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Burgundy, Tui. Now the five flowers have a different meaning and are used to describe the complexity of things.

The meaning of "absolutely nothing" is: there is only one, and nothing more. The source is Su Shi's "Letter to the Emperor": "To change one's faults without stinting and to follow good advice is what Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang have been reluctant to do, and what Qin and Han have been doing since is absolutely nothing but only one."

The mirage of the mirage in Ant Manor, from the "Historical Records - Book of Heavenly Officials", meaning clams, the legend says that the mirage can spit gas into the shape of a building. In fact, the atmosphere is a natural phenomenon due to light refraction. Metaphorically speaking, it is a metaphor for things that are nebulous and do not actually exist.

Modern Interpretation:

Nowadays, there may be a little bit of the same between five flowers and five colors, in which five colors describes the colors, while five flowers describes the things. Wuhuajiang, may be to describe the thing is very cumbersome, or the person will have a lot of skills. With the development of the times, all kinds of idioms have new meanings, which is also considered to give new vitality to idioms, so that they can shine and become rich in the modern society without being forgotten by people.

But everyone should remember the original meaning of idioms so that they can remember history and not forget the cultural treasures of history.