joyous but not indecent(lè ér bù huāng)

joyous but not indecent

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l è é RB ù Hu ā ng, which means the expression of emotional restraint. From Zuo Zhuan, the 27th year of Xianggong.

Idiom explanation

Happy without waste

[pronunciation] l è é RB ù Hu ā ng

The expression of emotion is restrained. It is the same as "pleasure without lust".

Idioms and allusions

[source] the 27th year of Xianggong in Zuozhuan: "the rest are masters of several generations. After Zizhan, those who died did not forget to surrender. Yin's family is the second, happy but not wasteful. " In the 29th year of Xianggong, it is said that "sorrow but not worry, pleasure but not waste, use but not Kui, wide but not suitable." Du Pre note: "the festival of courtesy."

[example] Fan Ye's biography of Ma Rong in the book of the later Han Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty, said: "the husband is happy but not hungry, but worried but not sleepy, so the former king kept peace with the government, nurtured his spirit and made it boundless."

Discrimination of words

Music without lust

Usage: used as predicate and attributive

Joy without connection

Chinese PinYin : lè ér bù huāng