yao yellow and wei purple(yáo huáng wèi zǐ)

yao yellow and wei purple

Yao Huang Wei Zi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á Ohu á NGW è iz ǐ, which means two valuable peony varieties in Luoyang in Song Dynasty. After the general refers to the valuable flowers. It's from green bamboo hall drinking alone.

Idiom explanation

Yao Huang: Chiba Huanghua peony, from Yao family; Wei Zi: Chiba rouhong peony, from Wei Renpu family. Originally refers to the Song Dynasty Luoyang two precious peony varieties. After the general refers to the valuable flowers.

The origin of Idioms

Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty wrote the poem "drinking alone in the green bamboo hall": "Yao, Huang, Wei and Zi are in the second place, but they don't feel that both of them are withering."

Idiom usage

Example song Fan Chengda's poem "re Fu Jian Yang Zheng" says: "one year's spring is devastated, look for Yao, Huang, Wei and Zi again." Song Yang Wanli's the purple peony: the cold food Qingming is over, but Yao, Huang, Wei and Zi never know it. Song Yang Wanli's the first of five poems about the cold rain on February 1st: who does Yao Huang Wei Zi ask for credit. But in the spring of nanzhong, the city is full of kapok. The first fold of Ming Dynasty Zhu Youdun's Peony Fairy: "Yao, Huang, Wei, zichi's name and surname are reflected in the red jade plate." Zhao Yi's Ode to the red peony on the tanqiao mat in Qing Dynasty: Yao, Huang, Wei and Zi have already been called Yan, and Gao Ge should be immortal.

Chinese PinYin : yáo huáng wèi zǐ