Long streets and short alleys
Long street and short lane, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch á ngji ē Du ǎ nxi à ng, which means still talking about the streets. It's from Xing Shi Heng Yan, selling Lang monopolizes Huakui.
The origin of Idioms
"Xingshihengyan · sellang monopolizes Huakui": "put down the quilt and other things, buy a giant lock, lock the door, and then go to the streets and alleys to visit my father."
Idiom usage
As subject, object, attribute; street.
Chinese PinYin : cháng jiē duǎn xiàng
Long streets and short alleys
make a pillow of one 's spear waiting for daybreak. zhěn gē dá dàn
an exalted discussion and extensive statement. chóng lùn hóng yì