Make powder to make vermilion(nòng fěn diào zhū)

Make powder to make vermilion

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n ò NGF ě NTI á ozh ū, which means one is to decorate the face with powder, and the other is to use metaphor to carve words. It's from danfengyin.

The origin of Idioms

In Song Dynasty, Zhou Bangyan's poem "danfengyin", it is said that "when should we hold it again, when should we use powder to adjust Zhu Rou's hands?" Wu Mei's "wind tunnel Mountain Travel chant" says, "I miss you two. You can't mix the powder and the ink in the embroidered curtain, but instead, you can express your hatred and sorrow in the thatched cottage."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: make powder and adjust fat

Idiom usage

I don't like the prose which is specially made up of powder and tune. It should belong to a school of "carrying Tao". Wei Junyi's postscript

Chinese PinYin : nòng fěn diào zhū