play a prostitute(mián huā wò liǔ)

play a prostitute

Mianhua woliu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is mi á nhu ā w ò Li ǔ, which means to refer to prostitutes. It is the same as "sleeping flowers and sleeping willows". It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: sleepy flowers and willows

The origin of Idioms

"Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" Chapter 7: "I see that some of this person's behavior is not end, outside sleeping flowers and willows, but also inside empty outside solid."

Idiom usage

Liu Xianglian was a child of a family. She failed in her studies, lost her parents early, was a simple chivalrous person, and did everything from playing guns and swords, gambling and drinking to sleeping in flowers and willows and playing flute and zither. Chapter four and seven of a dream of Red Mansions

Chinese PinYin : mián huā wò liǔ