i was putting on my clothes upside down(diān dǎo yī cháng)

i was putting on my clothes upside down

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is di ā nd ǎ oy ī ch á ng, which means to wear clothes upside down, describes the appearance of being in a hurry and out of order. This is a metaphor for spoiling concubine Ji, and turning the high and the low upside down. From Shi · Qi Feng · Oriental unknown.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of songs, Qi Feng, the East is not clear: "the East is not clear, the clothes are upset. If it is overturned, it will be called by the public. "

Idiom usage

It is also a satire of the imperial court's untimely residence and its frequent orders, which made the small officials busy. Later, it is often used to refer to the loss of rank. "Poetry · Qi Feng · the East is not clear": "the East is not clear, upset clothes. If it is overturned, it will be called by the public. " Mao Zhuan: "the upper is clothes, the lower is clothes." Zheng xuanjian said: "the missing section of the cuanhu family was not known in the East, so the officials quickly overturned their clothes." Kong yingdashu: "it's said that the upper part is clothes and the lower part is clothes. This is a relative name. If it is scattered, it is generally called Yi It is said that the meaning of inversion is to take clothes as clothing, and the upper is the lower, which is also called inversion. " According to the biography of Ban Gu in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "when I saw the new shogunate, I spread the talents of the masses and the people of the four directions, I overturned my clothes." In the preface to the empress of the later Han Dynasty, it is said that "in the Warring States period, the wind and constitution were so weak that they were so indulgent that they upset their clothes that they broke the country and forgot their bodies." It means to be in a hurry and be at a loss in a hurry. "Bian Wenli saw yuan fenggao, out of order. Feng Gao said, "in the past, Yao employed Xu you but did not show any shame. Why did you upset your clothes?" Jin Dong Jieyuan's "Xixiangji zhugongdiao" Volume I: "night is waste bed, day is forget meal, upset clothes, at a loss."

Chinese PinYin : diān dǎo yī cháng