What is “Ge Shan Da Niu”?

I changed the site domain name, but it seemed a shame to throw away the About page from the old geshandaniu.com site, so here it is:


 
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Ge Shan Da Niu is a Chinese expression.

Its literal meaning is:

“The art of focusing one’s qi in order to punch a cow on the other side of a mountain”

 

The phrase comes from Wuxia fiction..

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but is now used colloquially to mean:

To accomplish something
without going through the expected intermediary steps,
especially if this is done with great skill or finesse.

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Or you could use it literally…

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… to talk about deeply spiritual cow tipping.

 

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