单词 | 倚马千言 |
释义 | 倚马千言 yǐmǎqiānyánwrite with great facility倚马千言to write quickly and skilfully(Britain); to write quickly and skillfully(US); to dash off a thousand words leaning on the side of a horse倚马千言[yǐ mǎ qiān yán]晋朝桓温领兵北征,命令袁虎靠着马拟公文,一会儿就写成七张纸,而且作得很好(见于《世说新语·文学》)。形容文思敏捷,写文章快。dash off 1,000 words at the side of a horse - write with great facility. According to A New Account of Tales of the World·Letters and Scholarship, during a northern expedition the Jin-dynasty commander Huan Wen asked a man by the name of Yuan Hu to draft a document. The man, leaning against his horse, dashed off seven pieces of paper in no time, and came up with a good piece of writing. Hence the phrase.倚马千言dash off a thousand words at the side of a horse—write with great facility |
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