delicate beauty(pěng xīn xī zǐ)

delicate beauty

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ě NGX ī nx ī Z ǐ, which means to describe the delicate appearance of a beautiful woman in illness. It comes from Zhuangzi Ji Shi.

Idiom explanation

Explanation: Xizi was a beauty of Yue State in the spring and Autumn period. Xizi frowned because of heartache, and still looked very beautiful. It describes the delicate state of a beautiful woman.

Idiom usage

grammar

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

Examples

Chapter 37 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "it's too true to take a bath. The ice makes a shadow, and the jade is the soul.

Detailed explanation

origin

According to the fifth volume of Zhuangzi Ji Shi, waipian Tianyun, the etiquette and justice of the three emperors and the five emperors are not reserved for the same, but for governing. Therefore, for example, the three emperors, the five emperors of the ritual law, its still pear orange pomelo evil! Its taste is opposite, but can be in the mouth. Therefore, it is also true that the rules of propriety and justice should change from time to time. Today, I will wear the clothes of the Duke of Zhou, and then I will go back and forth. Looking at the difference between ancient and modern times, it is still different from that of Duke Zhou. Therefore, Xi Shi's heart is sick, and the ugliness in it is beautiful when people see it. Among them, the rich see it and keep their doors closed; the poor see it and take their wives away. He knows the beauty but doesn't know why it is. Sorry! But master is poor! Cheng xuanyingshu of Tang Dynasty: "Xishi, the beauty of Yue, is very beautiful. She is sick and heartbroken, but her eyebrows are bitter. And the right person, the body is more appropriate, because of its frown, more beneficial to its beauty, is to see it in the Lu, more love. The ugly people in the neighborhood learn from them when they see them. They are not ill and strong, and multiply their vulgarity. Therefore, the rich do not go out when they are evil, and the poor abandon them and go away. The meaning of giving up one's own self to serve another is just as it is. Cutting or cutting trees is a mistake. 」

translation

Therefore, in the ancient times of the three emperors and five emperors, the etiquette, justice and Dharma were not the same but cherished, but the governance and valued. Take the rituals and rituals of the three emperors and five emperors era as an example. I'm afraid they are like four kinds of fruits with different sweet and sour tastes, such as "Zhen", "Li", "Ju" and "you". They taste different from each other, but they are all delicious. "Therefore, rites, righteousness and laws are all things that have changed in line with the times. Now, if you catch an ape and put it on the clothes of Duke Zhou, it will certainly bite or tear, and it will not be satisfied until all the clothes are stripped off. To observe the differences between ancient and modern times is just like the difference between ape and Duke Zhou. Once upon a time, Xi Shi walked in the neighborhood with pain in her heart and frowning. An ugly woman in the neighborhood saw it and thought it was beautiful to frown. When she went back, she also covered her chest and frowned in the neighborhood. The rich people in the neighborhood saw it and closed their doors; the poor people saw it and ran away with their wives and children. The ugly woman only knows why she looks good with a frown, but she doesn't know why she looks good with a frown. It's a pity that your husband will have bad luck! "

interpretation

It is said that in the spring and Autumn period, beauty Xi Shi had heartache, and often held her heart and frowned (frowning), but she still looked very beautiful. Later, she described the beautiful woman as a "heartwarming girl".

Chinese PinYin : pěng xīn xī zǐ