Electric stone fire means: the light of lightning, the fire of flint.
The meaning is originally a Buddhist language, metaphorizing the transience of things; now it is mainly used to describe things that disappear in an instant like lightning and stone fire.
Pinyin diàn guāng shí huǒ.
Source: Song Dynasty “Wudeng Huiyuan” Shi Puji: “This matter is like stone fire, like lightning.”
Usage: conjunction idiom used as an object , attributive; Metaphorical sentences.
Example
1. “The Sutra of Impermanence” in Dunhuang Bianwen of the Tang Dynasty: “Life is like stone, fire and lightning, how can we live long. "
2. "The Legend of Heroes of Sons and Daughters Chapter 23" by Wenkang of the Qing Dynasty: "Even if we stay together for a hundred years, it will be nothing more than a flash ."
3. "Student Time: Plum Blossoms on the Lonely Mountain" by Guo Moruo: "But it wasn't very clear, and it flew like lightning."
Synonyms: flash in the pan, snap of fingers, lightning and ephemeral morning glow.
Antonyms: forever, long-lasting.
Phrases for flash fire
1. It turns out that people don't get older day by day or year by year. It was in a flash, when I was caught off guard, that I suddenly grew old. This is how we age.
2. When a man over thirty falls in love with a woman, if it's not lightning, it's a guessing war.
3. A man's sincere affection is not reserved for the kind of woman who makes him electric when he gets along with her, but for the woman who makes him feel comfortable and sleepy when he gets along with her. hear with her.
4. However, at that moment, an idea crossed my mind like a bolt of lightning. I haveI gritted my teeth and did my best to calm myself down until I was as calm as a capitalist.
5. The world is wicked, the universe is ancient, and human existence is like lightning. But when language and writing slowly spread, an eternal light shines in the human world.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Electric Light and Stone Fire
What does “Electronic Light and Stone Fire” mean?
Stone fire and lightning, a Chinese idiom, pinyin is shí huǒ diàn guāng, which means to describe things that disappear in an instant like lightning and fire of stone. Excerpted from “Jingde Chuan Leng Lu·The Dharma Heir of Zen Master Huaichu”
Idiom Analysis
Synonyms: lightning and stone fire [1]? , passage of the white horse? through the breach, the wind and the lightning
< p>Antonyms: slow and quiet, the geese walking at duck's pace, the esfreighters walking at a steady paceOrigin of the idiom
Song Dynasty Shi "Zen Master Jingde Chuan Deng Lu·Huaichuan Dharma Hei" from Daoyuan: "Question from the monk: 'What is the general meaning of Buddhism?'... The master said: 'Stones, fire and lightning are already in the world.'"
Use of idiom
< p>As an object; metaphor for the brevity of life or time.Example
My husband's heart is out of his heart, in the mirror, in the mirror, and the ridicule is gone in the blink of an eye. ★Preface to “Journey to the West” written by Yi Ru, a layman of the Qing dynasty.
Stone fire and lightning in one sentence.
1. I was secretly screaming.
Before I could regain my footing, a hand reached behind me and pulled me aside into a dark room.
2. Shan Mengxi closed her eyes, and a thought flashed through her heart like stone fire and lightning: Suddenly, she felt the other party's hand loosen.er his grip on her throat, and only heard "boom".
3. Everyone saw Li Yueqian injuring the "Dongfang Fort" with one move among the rocks, fire and lightning.
4. Ye Xuan couldn't help but applaud loudly when he saw the white moving girl, which looked like stone, fire and lightning.
“Electric light flint” is a popular misuse of the idiom “electric light stone fire”. The Chinese dictionary only includes the word "electric light stone fire".
Electric light: the light of lightning; stone fire: the sparks that fly when flint strikes.
Electric stone fire is originally a Buddhist saying: “Wudeng Huiyuan · Dharma Master Xuefengcun · Dharma Master Baofu Congzhan”: “The master said: “Come out, sleeping man!” » It's like a blow. Stone fire is like the light of lightning. If you can'tbuild it, you will lose your life. '"
Later, "lightning stone fire" is used as a metaphor for fleeting or fleeting things. The third poem of "Zhi Xiaoyao" by Yuan Jiyi: "Yesterday's baby is now the boss. In the past hundred years, there have been flashes." Ziuzhongzhi · Miscellaneous notes on trivial events by Liu Ruoyu: "﹝Wang Ao﹞ was a suave, competent and proud man. “Wealth and wealth are like lightning and stone fire. » “The Palace of Eternal Life: Ming Zhui” by Hongsheng of the Qing Dynasty: “He alone had fun in Cuihong County, and he did it. many sins and debts, and he was like lightning."
Chen mainly describes things that disappear in an instant like lightning and stone fire. It is also used as a metaphor for acting quickly and take the initiative “The Scream: The True Story of Ah Q” by Lu Xun: “Wang Hu jumped in surprise and, e.n the same time, quickly lowered his head like lightning."
Synonyms: morning lightning, a flash in the pan.