fall into decay(huā cán yuè quē)

fall into decay

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ā C á NYU è Qu ē, which means to describe the scene of decline. It's also a metaphor for a broken relationship and a divorce. It comes from the poem "he Wang Xiucai hurts geisha" by Wen Tingyun of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Wen Tingyun's poem "he Wang Xiucai's injury to geisha" in Tang Dynasty: "the moon is short and the flowers are incomplete. Don't be pathetic. The flower's whiskers will finally come out and the moon will be round."

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for the broken relationship between husband and wife. The third discount of Ren Fengzi by Ma Zhiyuan in Yuan Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

The antonym: happy and full moon

Chinese PinYin : huā cán yuè quē