基本解释
拼音:xiāng qìng tán guān
注音:ㄒㄧㄤㄑㄧㄥˋㄊㄢˊㄍㄨㄢ
解释:弹冠:掸去帽子上的灰尘,准备做官。指官场中一人当了官或升了官,同伙就互相庆贺将有官可做。
出处:汉书·王吉传》:“吉与贡禹为友,世称‘王阳在位,贡禹弹冠。’”宋·苏洵《管仲论》:“一日无促,则三子者,可以弹冠而相庆矣。”
英语:congratulate each other on the prospect of getting good appointments
单字解释:
相
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弹
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英语解释
Elastic crown: dust off the hat and prepare to be an official. It refers to that when a person becomes an official or gets promoted in officialdom, his associates celebrate with each other that there will be an official to do.
典故
汉宣帝时,琅琊人王吉和贡禹是很好的朋友,贡禹多次被免职,王吉在官场也很不得志。汉元帝时,王吉被召去当谏议大夫,贡禹听到这个消息很高兴,就把自己的官帽取出,弹去灰尘,准备戴用。果然没多久贡禹也被任命为谏议大夫。