📖 Meaning
The threshold of the door is worn through from excessive foot traffic. It describes a place with an extremely large number of visitors coming and going, so many that the threshold gets trampled and broken. Used to indicate a constant stream of callers or visitors.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from the Tang Dynasty text 'Fa Shu Yao Lu' (Records of Calligraphy) by Zhang Yanyuan. It tells the story of the monk Zhiyong, who resided at Yongxin Temple in Wuxing during the Sui-Tang era. Zhiyong was a renowned calligrapher, and people seeking his calligraphy flocked to the temple like a marketplace. So many visitors came seeking his work that the threshold of his dwelling was worn through with holes from all the foot traffic.
💡 Example Usage
这家新开的火锅店生意火爆，每天都有食客户限为穿。
This newly opened hotpot restaurant is doing booming business, with so many diners coming daily that the threshold is worn through.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 户限为穿
- Pinyin: hù xiàn wéi chuān
- Literal Translation: door threshold, worn through
- Category: Status
- Characters: 4