be inopportune or inappropriate(bù hé shí yí)

be inopportune or inappropriate

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù h é sh í y í, which means to describe things that are not in line with the trend of the times. It comes from the book of the Han Dynasty, Emperor AI Ji.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial to describe things that are not in line with the trend of the times. In the book of the Han Dynasty, Volume 11, Emperor AI Ji, it is said that "all of them violate the classics and recite the ancients, which is inappropriate. In June, Jiazi's writing was not an amnesty, but a removal. " The 63rd chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "because we went to join our relatives, I heard that he came here because he was out of time and had no power." The third chapter of Lao Can's travel notes: "I'm not without ambition and fame: on the one hand, I'm too lax and out of season; on the other hand, it's said that" climb high and fall heavily ". If I don't want to climb high, I want to fall lightly. Liu Yazi's "painting for Mr. He Xiangning": don't boast about the vulgarity, it's out of season, and you can't learn from it.

The origin of Idioms

In the history of Ai Di Ji of the Han Dynasty, Xia Heliang and his colleagues proposed to change the number of Yuan Yi, gain and omit the inscription, so that the country could be Yongan. I have heard the words of He Liang and others, and I hope to be blessed at home and die. It is not appropriate for Jin Dynasty to go against the classics and back to ancient times.

Chinese PinYin : bù hé shí yí