📖 Meaning
This idiom describes aggressively attacking and rejecting others in a reckless and impulsive manner, without regard for consequences. It originally referred to the fierce, combative way scholars attacked each other's interpretations in literary and scholarly disputes.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase originates from a Tang dynasty epitaph by the renowned essayist Liu Zongyuan, titled 'Epitaph for Master Lu Wentong, Reader to the Crown Prince.' In it, Liu describes how hundreds and thousands of scholars wrote commentaries and annotations on the classics, attacking one another with fierce anger. They used harsh words and aggressive tones to strike at and recklessly oppose each other, producing so many books that they filled buildings when stored and made pack animals sweat when transported. The idiom captures this spirit of combative, heedless opposition.
💡 Example Usage
学术讨论应当理性交流，而非击排冒没、互相攻讦。
Academic discussions should involve rational exchange, not reckless attacks and mutual denunciation.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 击排冒没
- Pinyin: jī pái mào mò
- Literal Translation: strike, exclude, reckless, heedless
- Category: Communication
- Characters: 4