the simple dress of a woman(jīng chāi bù qún)

the simple dress of a woman

Jingchai cloth skirt, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī ngch ā IB ù Q ú n, which means Jingzhi is used as hairpin and coarse cloth as skirt. It describes women's simple dress. It comes from the watch for Princess Jiang.

The origin of Idioms

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Yu Tong's "watch for Princess Jiang Yao rang Shang" said: "when the year is near, the crown will be placed, and all of them have their own rooms. The jingchai cloth skirt is a good gift."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; used of women. Kuang's admirers of fine clothes and delicacies may not be satisfied with the jingchai cloth skirt. They may regret it if they fail. Shen Fu's six chapters of a floating life

Idiom story

Liang Hong, a scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, went back to work as a farmer after finishing his imperial college and married Meng Guang, the 30-year-old daughter of the county's rich Mencius. After marriage, they abandoned the rich life of the Mencius and went to live in seclusion in the baling mountain area. Later, they helped Gao Botong to do short-term work. Meng Guang made a hairpin out of wattles, dressed in coarse cloth, and raised his eyebrows. He and his wife loved each other very much.

Chinese PinYin : jīng chāi bù qún