Skirt, cloth and hairpin(qún bù jīng chāi)
Skirt, cloth and hairpin
A Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ú Nb ù J ī ngch ā I, which means to use cloth as a skirt and Jing as a substitute for Chai. It refers to poverty. It's from Jing Chai Ji Yi Qin written by Ke Danqiu of Ming Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As subject, object, attribute; used of women
Examples
Liang Hong's wife is also called a virtuous woman.
Analysis of Idioms
Skirt cloth hairpin Jing
The origin of Idioms
"Gongyuan is a family with plenty of food and clothing, and Laoshi is the wife of jingchai."
Idiom explanation
The dress is made of cloth and the hairpin is replaced by Jing. The metaphor is poverty. It's the same as "Chaijing skirt cloth".
Chinese PinYin : qún bù jīng chāi
Skirt, cloth and hairpin
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the world is but a little place , after all
the world is but a little place , after all. tiān yá zhǐ chǐ
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out of his house and deprive him of everything
out of his house and deprive him of everything. sǎo dì chū mén
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be unable to contain knew no bounds
be unable to contain knew no bounds. nù bù kě è
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appoint upright and remove the crooked ones -- to replace the bad ones by good ones
appoint upright and remove the crooked ones -- to replace the bad ones by good ones. jǔ zhí cuò wǎng
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