red-light district(huā jiē liǔ xiàng)

red-light district

Huajieliuxiang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ā Ji ē Li ǔ Xi à ng, which used to mean a place of amusement and also a brothel. From the water margin.

Analysis of Idioms

Huajieliushi

The origin of Idioms

The sixth chapter of Shi Naian's the complete story of the Water Margin: "in the streets of flowers and willows, there are many beautiful and famous concubines; in the hall of Chu, there are many romantic geisha."

Idiom usage

A brothel is a brothel. Shi Yukun's "three heroes and five righteousness" Chapter 24: he thought that Bao Gong had no future, so he took his luggage and silver to escape. Every day, it took a few days to run out of money. The streets and alleys, also often want to go around, this Zhongxun slowly loose out. (Chapter 15 of the Black Ghost by Peng Yangou in Qing Dynasty) "the solitary yuan and Ming drama. The house is flying up. The head is broken": "you don't want to go home. Follow me to huajieliuxiang to have a drink. "The story of Liu Qiqing's poems and wine in the river tower" is: "reciting poems, writing Fu, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, appreciating bamboo and adjusting silk. Love in huajieliuxiang, how many prostitutes like him. 」

Chinese PinYin : huā jiē liǔ xiàng