取之不尽，用之不竭 qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié inexhaustible

Explanation

形容资源非常丰富，取之不尽，用之不竭。

Describes a resource as extremely abundant and inexhaustible.

Origin Story

话说宋朝大文豪苏轼，被贬黄州后，心情郁闷，一日游览赤壁，只见江水奔腾，明月高悬，心境豁然开朗，于是写下千古名篇《前赤壁赋》。赋中写道：“惟江上之清风，与山间之明月，耳得之而为声，目遇之而成色，取之无禁，用之不竭。”这其中，“取之无禁，用之不竭”便是形容江上清风，山间明月，取之不尽，用之不竭，如同大自然无尽的宝藏。苏轼借此抒发了他旷达的胸襟和对自然造化的赞叹。其实，大自然中还有许多资源，例如阳光、空气、雨露等等，都是取之不尽，用之不竭的宝贵财富，我们应该好好珍惜。这故事也告诉我们，无论遇到什么困境，都要保持乐观向上的心态，从大自然的馈赠中汲取力量，勇往直前。

huà shuō sòng cháo dà wén háo sū shì, bèi biǎn huáng zhōu hòu, xīn qíng yù mèn, yī rì yóulǎn chì bí, zhǐ jiàn jiāng shuǐ bēnténg, míng yuè gāo xuán, xīn jìng huò rán kāi lǎng, yú shì xiě xià qiānguǐ míng piān《qián chì bí fù》。fù zhōng xiě dào："wéi jiāng shàng zhī qīng fēng, yǔ shān jiān zhī míng yuè, ěr dé zhī ér wèi shēng, mù yù zhī ér chéng sè, qǔ zhī wú jìn, yòng zhī bù jié。"zhè qí zhōng,"qǔ zhī wú jìn, yòng zhī bù jié"biàn shì xíngróng jiāng shàng qīng fēng, shān jiān míng yuè, qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié, rútóng dà zì rán wú jìn de bǎo cáng。sū shì jiè cǐ shū fā le tā kuàng dá de xiōng jīn hé duì zì rán zào huà de zàntàn。qí shí, dà zì rán zhōng hái yǒu xǔ duō zīyuán, lìrú yángguāng, kōng qì, yǔ lù děng děng, dōu shì qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié de bǎoguì cáifù, wǒmen yīng gāi hǎo hǎo zhēnxī。zhè gùshì yě gào sù wǒmen, wú lùn yù dào shénme kùnjìng, dōu yào bǎochí lè guān xiàng shàng de xīn tài, cóng dà zì rán de kuì zèng zhōng jí qǔ lìliàng, yǒng wǎng zhí qián。

Su Shi, a great writer of the Song Dynasty, was demoted to Huangzhou. He was in low spirits. One day, he visited the Red Cliff, and seeing the rushing river and the high-hanging moon, his mood suddenly brightened, so he wrote the famous "Preface to the Red Cliff". In the essay, he wrote: "Only the clear wind over the river and the moon in the mountains, the ears receive it and become sound, the eyes meet it and become color, it can be taken without restriction and used inexhaustibly." Here, "can be taken without restriction and used inexhaustibly" describes the clear wind over the river and the moon in the mountains, which are inexhaustible, just like the boundless treasures of nature. Su Shi used this to express his broad-mindedness and his admiration for the creation of nature. In fact, there are many resources in nature, such as sunlight, air, and dew. They are all invaluable wealth that is inexhaustible. We should cherish them. The story also tells us that no matter what difficulties we encounter, we should maintain an optimistic and upward-looking attitude, draw strength from nature’s gifts, and move forward bravely.

Usage

多用于形容自然资源或人力物力。

duō yòng yú xíngróng zìrán zīyuán huò rén lì wù lì

Mostly used to describe natural resources or human and material resources.

Examples

• 这资源取之不尽，用之不竭，我们不用担心会用完。

  zhèzīyuán qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié, wǒmen bù yòng dānxīn huì yòng wán

  This resource is inexhaustible; we don't have to worry about running out.

• 他的创作灵感，仿佛取之不尽，用之不竭。

  tā de chuàngzuò línggǎn, fǎngfú qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié

  His creative inspiration seems inexhaustible.

Related Idioms

• 无穷无尽

• 源源不断

Opposite Idioms

• 枯竭

• 匮乏