mighty generals(hǔ tóu yàn hàn)

mighty generals

Hu tou Yan Yan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ǔ t ó uy à NH à n, which means that in the old days, it was used to describe the powerful appearance of a prince or a military general. It comes from the biography of ban Chao in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Chao's biography in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "swallows and tigers fly and eat meat."

Idiom usage

In the 18th chapter of the biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty, "talent is rare in ancient times. I see that you have a tiger head and a swallow chin, and you have been granted a marquis for thousands of Li. Kuang has such a family again." in the system of wife Qi's wife song's being granted the title of Jinan's Wang's wife by Jiesi of Yuan Dynasty, "Yu Xi! Zhai fuyuxuan, who is still in favor of the eternal; Hu touyanyan, who is nostalgic, will be back in that year. " Chen Hongqing of Ming Dynasty "send Hu Wenyu to Fuzhou" divertimento: "born with tiger head and swallow chin to be marquis.". Because you are well versed in military strategy, what do you care about In Gong Zizhen's poem "water dragon chant" in the Qing Dynasty, "a scholar with a tiger's head and a swallow's chin, talks about his family when he meets." It is also called "tiger head and swallow forehead". Ming wuxinzi's "the story of the golden finch - throwing fruit" says, "I'm a tiger headed swallow, and I'm ashamed to kill him. His face looks like peach blossom." Chen Zi'ang of Tang Dynasty wrote the inscription of Zhou Ju Shi Wen Lin Lang Chen's Cemetery: "gonghemuhaikou, yanyanyanhutou, a hero of sex, but his ambition is still Yuanmo." In the fourth chapter of Hua Yue Chen, the chief soldier nodded his head and became famous. How could he die Sun Guangxian of the Song Dynasty, Volume 14 of Suoyan of the northern dream: "the Tang Dynasty has come since Dazhong, and soldiers have been playing for a long time. On the top of the langmiao temple, we are ashamed to talk about our strategy Once the dust inside the room is startled, Lu Zuoxian gets up and praises his clothes and makes him laugh. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: tiger head, swallow forehead, swallow chin and tiger head

Chinese PinYin : hǔ tóu yàn hàn