to powder and to rouge(fù fěn shī zhū)

to powder and to rouge

Fu Fen Shi Zhu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ù f ě NSH ī zh ū, which means applying powder and rouge. It refers to dressing up. It comes from the ode to lust of dengtuzi by Song Yu of Chu in the Warring States period.

The origin of Idioms

Song Yu's "Ode to the lust of dengtuzi" in the Warring States period states: "if you write powder, it's too white; if you write Zhu, it's too red. Eyebrows like green feathers, muscles like snow

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's a predicate and an attributive; it's a whitewash. The second poem of difficult journey by Liang Feichang in the Southern Dynasty: "the moth eyebrow and the moon are the only ones who are beautiful. What do Fu Fen, Shi Zhu want to do?" Yan Zhitui's family precepts mianxue in the Northern Qi Dynasty: "all the people have to smoke their clothes and shave their faces, and Fu Fenshi and Zhu." According to the biography of Zhang Yi in the old book of the Tang Dynasty, "all the brothers served in the palace. They were all Fu, Shi and Zhu, dressed in splendid clothes." The first chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua by Lan Ling Xiaosheng in Ming Dynasty: drawing eyebrows and eyes, Fu Fen Shi Zhu. Ming Shi Naian's "Water Margin" Chapter 14: "the Golden Rooster sings three times, calls the beautiful woman Fu Fen Shi Zhu; the BMW hisses frequently, urges the traveler to compete for fame and profit."

Analysis of Idioms

Put on the powder

Chinese PinYin : fù fěn shī zhū