conceal curfew(jīn wú bù jìn)

conceal curfew

Jinwu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NW ú B ù J ì n, which means lifting the curfew during the Lantern Festival. From miscellaneous notes of Xidu.

Analysis of Idioms

The city is open all night

The origin of Idioms

According to Wei's miscellaneous notes of Xidu in the Tang Dynasty, "in the streets of Xidu, there is a call from Jinwu at dawn and dusk to ban night travel, but on the 15th of the first month, Jinwu Chi Village is granted, one day before and one day after."

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it means unimpeded. Tang Su's the night of the 15th of the first month. Song Liuyong's "spring of the jade tower, the third of five, Dashiqiao": Fenglou's twelve Immortals' house, with three thousand herons on pearls. Jinwu can't help but travel six streets, killing clouds and rain. Chapter 69 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty: "on the 15th night of the first month, the sky is clear and the stars and the moon are shining. Six streets and three markets, competing for lanterns. I can't help it. There's no rush from the jade leak. " Chapter 11 of Wu Jingzi's unofficial history of scholars in Qing Dynasty. All the scholars and girls came out to watch the lantern and the moon. It was so hard to help that they made trouble in the middle of the night. Wang Tao's "Yingyi magazine" in Qing Dynasty?

Chinese PinYin : jīn wú bù jìn