1, Berberis swallowing needle

Pronunciation: niè bò tūn zhēn

Description: Berberis: commonly known as Phellodendron amurense, tastes bitter. Berberis: Eating Berberis means that food tastes as bitter as Berberis. Swallow the needle: Swallow the needle, which means the food is extremely unpalatable. Describe food that is hard to swallow.

Source: Tang Kang's "Li Shijun": "Salt is like a needle."

Interpretation of vernacular: salty as phellodendron amurense, it is as difficult to swallow as a needle.

2. It tastes like chewing wax

Pronunciation: wèI tóng jiao là

Description: Like eating wax, it has no taste at all. Describe a language or article as dull as ditch water.

Source: Qing Wu Jingzi's "The Scholars": "The world became famous at first sight; He gave up his life to beg him; When you get it; It tastes like chewing wax. "

Vernacular interpretation: people can give up their lives to get fame as soon as they see it, but they feel meaningless after getting it.

Extended data

It tastes like chewing wax. Synonym: insipid.

1, tasteless

Pronunciation: dà né rú wè i?

Explanation: Light: Compared with "thick" dishes, light is due to the lack of salt. It also means tasteless. He also described writing articles as boring.

Source: Li Qingruzhen's "Mirror Flower Edge" The twelfth time: "Shu Ren eats very little, because it is tasteless, it is not as fragrant as rice."

Interpretation of vernacular: people eat too little because it is tasteless and not as fragrant as rice grains.

2. bland

Pronunciation: píng dàn wú qí

Explanation: odd number: special. Refers to ordinary and unattractive things or poems.

Source: Guo Moruo's Tujia Port 8: "The scenery in Jiangxi is unremarkable, no different from what you see on the edge of the Yangtze River."