with a kind expression on one 's face(pú sà dī méi)
with a kind expression on one 's face
Bodhisattva frowns, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ú s à D à m é I, which means to look at people like Bodhisattva. A person's face is kind and kind. From "Taiping Guangji · junbian Lei II".
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: amiable and amiable; antonym: Jin Gang Nu Mu
Idiom usage
No matter how advanced you are, if you get to know some respectable foreigners, you will have to bow your brow when the old Buddha sees you. The fifth chapter of Liang Qichao's the future of new China in Qing Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
In Taiping Guangji junbian Lei II, Tan sou is quoted as saying, "Jin Gang's eyes are angry, so he subdues four demons; Bodhisattva's brow is low, so he has six ways of compassion."
Idiom story
During the Sui Dynasty, Xue Daoheng, the official minister, liked to visit places of interest. When he visited Kaishan temple in Zhongshan ancient temple, he saw that there were different images of Vajra and Bodhisattva in the temple. He asked the little monk curiously why he was angry with the golden man and the Bodhisattva was frowning. The little monk told him that the golden man was angry with the devil and the Bodhisattva was frowning to show his mercy to the living world.
Chinese PinYin : pú sà dī méi
with a kind expression on one 's face
