a healthy , aged person(páng méi bái fà)

a healthy , aged person

Pang Mei Bai FA, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p á NGM é IB á if à, which means that the eyebrows and hair have turned gray. It describes the old man's appearance. It comes from Si Xuan Fu by Zhang Heng of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Pang: through the "show", variegated. Eyebrows and hair are gray. Describe the appearance of an old man.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Heng's "Si Xuan Fu" in the Han Dynasty: "the Wei looks at the eyebrows and the Lang sneaks away." Li Shan quoted the story of Hanwu: "Yan Si, I don't know who he was. He was a Lang when Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wu tasted the chariot and passed the Lang department, he saw Si's eyebrows and hair

Idiom usage

To describe the appearance of an old man

Examples

Suddenly I saw an old man with white hair and eyebrows. He was about sixty years old. Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan Volume 18

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: Pang Mei Haofa, Pang Mei Hefa

Chinese PinYin : páng méi bái fà