crooked(qī niǔ bā wāi)

crooked

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī Ni ǔ B ā w ā, which means that the description is not correct. From the painting of douhan.

The origin of Idioms

Pan Danian stood there, not knowing where to put his hands. A kind of embarrassed and flattered smile twisted the facial features. Feng Jicai's douhan painting II

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attributive, or adverbial; used in spoken English. Chapter 84 of three heroes and five virtues by Shi Yukun of the Qing Dynasty: there are countless places along the way. Let's say the houses are scattered, even the trees are in a mess. Lao Can said with a smile, "you're a mess!" Then he stood on the Kang and dipped his pen in ink on the inkstone. After a while, he began to write on the wall. ——The twelfth chapter of the travels of Lao can by Liu E in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : qī niǔ bā wāi