high officials and noble lords(dá guān guì rén)

high officials and noble lords

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d á Gu ā NGU ì R é n, which means a high-ranking official and a person of high rank. It comes from the book of rites under the sandalwood bow.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonyms] high ranking officials, imperial relatives, local tyrants and evil gentry [antonyms] ordinary people, ordinary people and all living beings

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, under the sandalwood bow: "the death of the young master is the long staff of the great officials."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning and is often used to satirize people. The ninth volume of xuzhuandenglu by Song Shi Wei Bai: the capital city, likes and dislikes thousands of noble people, and is full of officials. Ming Song Lian's "Xinghua experience Li cemetery Chronicle": the public ambition, should be promoted to a disadvantage, that is to say, to abandon, floating around the Yandu, dignitaries see its elegant appearance, as maocai different class, Department of Jinshan County teaching instructions. Yao Nai's book of restoring Wang Jinshi to Huizu in Qing Dynasty: there are many literati at home who are high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and there are also many people who write for Mrs. Tai. Zhang Guisheng's collection of sorrows in the Qing Dynasty: a person of high rank and high rank, who has a little name, must have a collection of poems and essays after his death. Chapter 6: after the signing of the peace treaty between France and Vietnam that year, some of the Chinese people who understood the state power naturally wanted to be complacent and resentful of foreign policy. However, a group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries who were intoxicated with life and dream of death were all in high spirits. A Ying's miscellaneous letter 1 in Salt Village: some rich children come here with their beloved wives and concubines to take a bath, and some dignitaries come here to enjoy the mountains and the sea. Ba Jin's home 23: "that gorgeous living room, where many dignitaries have spent some of their time, where they have talked about some important political events.

Chinese PinYin : dá guān guì rén