Hot water in yellow soup
Hot water in yellow soup, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu á NGT à NGL à Shu à, which means food and drink. It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.
The origin of Idioms
The 62nd chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua written by Lanling Xiaosheng in Ming Dynasty: "I haven't slept for three or two nights, I haven't combed my head, I haven't washed my face, I haven't tasted the hot water, even the iron man can't help it."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: fresh water in yellow soup, little water in clear soup
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in life. Our grandmother's golden body, tired for a few days, has not eaten hot water, let's coax him happy, say these words to do? A dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : huáng tāng là shuǐ
Hot water in yellow soup
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Looking at the cottage three times. máo lú sān gù