under the sod(huáng quán zhī xià)

under the sod

Under the yellow spring, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu á ngqu á nzh à Xi à, which means the place where people are buried after death. It comes from Zuozhuan yinnian.

Notes on Idioms

Yellow spring: refers to the underground spring, people die buried in the ground.

The origin of Idioms

"Zuo Zhuan · Yin A.D.": the oath says: "it is not as good as the yellow spring, and there is no meeting."

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: jiuquanxia

Idiom usage

As an object; used to describe being underground after death. example in that unknown yellow spring, how happy. The 18th chapter of biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : huáng quán zhī xià