rove among flowers and willows -- visit places brothels(xún huā wèn liǔ)

rove among flowers and willows -- visit places brothels

Looking for flowers and asking for willows is a Chinese idiom,

The Pinyin is x ú nhu ā w è NLI ǔ,

Interpretation: originally refers to enjoy the scenery of spring, after the old novel used to refer to stay prostitutes.

From Yan Zhongcheng's driving in vain.

Entry

rove among flowers and willows -- visit places brothels

Pinyin

xúnhuāwènliǔ

Citation explanation

1. It refers to enjoying the scenery of spring. In the poem Yan Zhongcheng, written by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty, Yuanrong's team goes out to the countryside and asks the willows for flowers Song · Wang Zhi's poem "four seasons poem of Yinshan temple and Zen master · spring" says: "looking for flowers and asking about Liushan, the bell has been heard at dusk." Gu Zijing's "willows in the south of the city" wedge: just wait for the red rain to disperse and the green clouds to gather. In the meantime, I look for flowers and willows and return to Yueyang Tower. Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty wrote a book about scholars: "in such fine weather, his husband just went to Liuqiao to explore the spring, to look for flowers and willows, and to write poems on the West Lake." 2. It refers to prostitutes. Chapter 82 of Jin Ping Mei: "Han Daoguo and Laibao are two, and they don't buy goods. They spend all day looking for flowers and willows, drinking and sleeping with prostitutes." Chapter 8 of he Dian written by Zhang Nanzhuang in Qing Dynasty: "ignorance is a lecherous person in essence. How can you live! If you can't do anything at home, you'll look for flowers and willows outside. " Zeng Pu's "Nie Hai Hua" in the Qing Dynasty: "Jue Zhai is a close relative of Tang Qing, and they are very congenial. They don't look for flowers and willows." Liu Shaotang's Cao mang 1: "I wanted to tighten my belt and save a few strings of money. In two years, I'll give you a clear matchmaker and marry a clean daughter. Who would think that if you don't follow the right path, you dare to ask for flowers and willows?"

Analysis of Idioms

A man of integrity

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. Contemporary - Kang Xiaoyin's "Si Jun Fu": "if you want to ask for flowers and willows, you will do it secretly, and even let the police ask you to go to the detention center to do ideological education. You have to take the blame and deserve it. If you want to steal incense and jade, you will do it stealthily, and even let her father and mother catch the adulterer in pairs. The evidence is as strong as a mountain. You can't stand up and lie or swear to the heaven to sophistry... "

Chinese PinYin : xún huā wèn liǔ