Seven green and eight yellow(qī qīng bā huáng)

Seven green and eight yellow

Seven green and eight yellow, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī Q ī NGB ā Hu á ng, meaning money. From the romance of the Western chamber.

Analysis of Idioms

Gold and silver treasure

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of the first volume of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "measuring the poor, talented and human feelings is only half a piece of paper, and it's not very colorful."

Idiom usage

He's a poor scholar. He's nothing special. The 34th chapter of Tao Wu Xian Ping by Li Qing in Qing Dynasty. Wang Ji Si quoted Wang Bo Liang as saying: "gegu Yaolun is called Jinpin:" seven green, eight yellow, nine purple, ten red. " The third fold of Yuan anonymous's Bowang shaotun: "he also has a father, two mothers, three brothers, four brothers, five sons, six sisters, seven green and eight yellow, nine purple and ten red in his family. Let me have a stone's throw and bury the pot for cooking."

Chinese PinYin : qī qīng bā huáng