young and old(huáng tóng bái sǒu)

young and old

Huang Tong Lao, a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Hu á NGT ó NGB á is ǒ u, which means children with yellow hair and old people with white hair. Refers to the elderly and children. It comes from the poem Yuanhe Shengde by Han Yu of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu's poem Yuanhe Shengde: "yellow children and old people, cheering enthusiastically."

Idiom usage

Song Sushi's poem "Xieyu in Shitan, Xuzhou, huanxisha" says: "the sun is deep red, the fish is warm, the village is green, the black is hidden at night, and the yellow children and old people gather in suixu. Song Zengji's cold food and visitors to the East Lake: Huang Tong and old people like to tell each other that the soap covered Zhu fan can come. At dusk, the tourists return, and the gulls and Herons in Sha tou linger with each other. Yuan · Tang style "a flower for a gift": "far away, near, yellow children and old people are famous." In the Chang Sheng Dian Gai Zang by Hong Sheng of Qing Dynasty, "Huang Tong and old people help each other, cheering, and the beauty of heaven is heavy." Chen Kangqi of the Qing Dynasty "Lang Qian Ji Wen" Volume 10: "according to the Ministry of the people to retain local officials, not allowed by law. And the virtuous are captured by Si Shanzheng, the old and the young, who lie on the same track and climb the yuan, are actually sincere.

Analysis of Idioms

Old and young, Huang tonghaoshou

Chinese PinYin : huáng tóng bái sǒu