jewelly(guāng cǎi yào mù)

jewelly

Guangcaiyaomu, a Chinese idiom, means bright and dazzling. It comes from Wang Yuan, a story of immortals, written by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The bed is decorated with gold and rhinoceros.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: shining eyes

The origin of Idioms

Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty wrote in the book of immortals Wang Yuan: "the clothes have literary grace, but they are not brocade and gorgeous. They are dazzling and indescribable." He bange's "a Zhi in the night stories" in the Qing Dynasty: "when six or seven women help a Zhi, the red scarves cover her face and the beautiful clothes rush in. Then the dowry came in and filled the thatched cottage

Idiom explanation

Bright and dazzling.

Idiom story

In the Western Jin Dynasty, Shi Chong, the governor of Jingzhou, accumulated a lot of wealth by robbing foreign businessmen. He was transferred to the capital as a guard and squandered. Wang Kai, the uncle of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, also tried his best to be extravagant and wasteful, trying to compare with Shi Chong. Wang Kai was very proud to get a brilliant coral and got it to Shi Chong's home. Shi Chong gave six or seven to Wang Kai. Wang Kai sighed that he was inferior to others.

Chinese PinYin : guāng cǎi yào mù