a beautiful girl has an unfortunate life(hóng yán bó mìng)

a beautiful girl has an unfortunate life

Hongyan Boming, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ó ngy á Nb ó m ì ng, which means that in the old days, a woman was beautiful but had a bad life (mostly early death, widowhood or bad husband). It comes from the biography of empress Xu Xiaocheng and yuanyangbei.

Idiom explanation

Beauty: Beauty's face; misfortune: bad fate. In the old times, it refers to a woman who is beautiful but has a bad life.

The origin of Idioms

"The Han Dynasty · Xiaocheng empress Xu biography:" the rest of Cheng is too urgent, what can I do? I have a poor life. When I meet you, I'll be better. " Yuan · anonymous "Yuanyang quilt" the third fold: "general, I have a bad life."

Idiom usage

This is Liu Si Ma's flowery mouth, which coaxed me to fall into the pit and fall into the ditch. Today, she has been so popular since ancient times that she may not be as good as me. (Xingshi Hengyan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty, Volume 3)

Chinese PinYin : hóng yán bó mìng