Rotten lips and rotten teeth(chún fǔ chǐ luò)

Rotten lips and rotten teeth

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú NF ǔ ch ǐ luॸ, which means reading is extremely hard. It comes from Dong Fangshuo's answer to guest's difficulty in Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

It refers to reading and satirizing.

The origin of Idioms

Dong Fangshuo's answer to the guest's difficulty in Han Dynasty: "today's doctor, Mr. Xiu's skill, admires the sage's righteousness, allegorically recites the words of a hundred schools of poetry and books, which is not to be remembered. He wrote on bamboo and silk, and his lips are rotten and his teeth are decadent. He is convinced but can't be explained."

Idiom usage

It can be used as an object or attributive; it can be used for reading, etc. To make scholars difficult to understand, empty recitation questions and answers, lip decay and teeth do not know the benefits. The book of Sui

Chinese PinYin : chún fǔ chǐ luò