one 's hair was white and one 's complexion like a child 's.(hè fà tóng yán)

one 's hair was white and one 's complexion like a child 's.

He FA Tong Yan is a Chinese idiom, read as H è f à t ó ngy á n. Explanation: Crane feather white hair, children like ruddy complexion. Old people look good. It's from Tang Tian Ying's sleepwalking Luofu.

idiom

one 's hair was white and one 's complexion like a child 's.

Pinyin

hèfàtóngyán

Citation explanation

White hair and ruddy complexion. Tang Tianying's poem "sleepwalking in Luofu" says that he is neither a God nor an immortal. He has a very old hair and a very young face Chapter 15 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty: "Hua Tuo's childhood looks like he was born." Chapter 81 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms: "first, I saw that Li Yihe had a childlike face, blue eyes and square pupils, and his body was like an ancient cypress." Chapter 11 of flowers in the mirror by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: two old people walking by the road, both of them with crane hair and childlike face, full of spring breeze and elegant manners. Chapter 36 of Jingzhong yuezhuan: "Wushu is very happy to see that he is a veteran, with a young face and a dignified manner." Huang Zongying's love of wild geese: "I see some scientists with bright hair and childlike appearance, marching forward and climbing up the ladder." Shen Fu's six chapters of a floating life

usage

It is used as predicate and attributive with commendatory meaning.

Discrimination of words

Degree of common use: common use emotional color: commendatory words idiom structure: combined generation time: ancient idiom sound: FA, can not be read as "F". idiom shape discrimination: ubuvbub idiom riddle: White youth head

Chinese PinYin : hè fà tóng yán