be gay with lanterns and decorations
Hanging lanterns to tie colors, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu á nd ē ngji é C ǎ I, which means hanging lanterns and tying colored balls; it describes festivals and festive scenes. From a dream of Red Mansions.
Notes on Idioms
Hang: Hang; color: ball, ribbon.
The origin of Idioms
"Dream of Red Mansions" 7 1: "to 28, the two houses in the club hanging lights, screen open Phoenix, bed set lotus; Sheng Xiao drum music, thoroughfare lane."
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; used for festivals, celebrations, etc. Examples: three or three chapters in the official circle: "since the auspicious time has come, lights and decorations will be hung in front of the bookstore; chairs and drapes will be laid in the middle of the main room." Gao Yunlan's three chapters of spring and Autumn Annals of a small city: "he thinks that his parents in his hometown should not welcome him without erecting a archway and hanging lanterns."
Chinese PinYin : xuán dēng jié cǎi
be gay with lanterns and decorations
an invigorating autumn climate. qiū gāo qì sù
say one thing and do another. yán xíng xiāng guǐ
bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind. bēi tiān mǐn rén