one getting old like the pearl becoming yellow(rén lǎo zhū huáng)

one getting old like the pearl becoming yellow

The Chinese idiom, R é NL ǎ ozh ū Hu á ng, means that people are old and not valued, just like the beads that turn yellow over time. Especially for women. It also refers to people who are old and useless. It's from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua written by Xiaosheng, Lanling, Ming Dynasty.

In a broad sense, aging is an abnormal phenomenon of eye metabolism. There is a thin transparent film on the surface of human eyeball, which is called conjunctiva. After being polluted by ultraviolet and dust for a long time, the adverse reaction of pigmentation occurs. Pigment in the conjunctival layer gathered into massive macular, from the surface, white eyeball appear slightly raised dark yellow material, black eyeball become more turbid. Human beings are stimulated by the external environment over time, the elderly are more likely to produce conjunctival pigmentation phenomenon, therefore, there is a "old pearl yellow" theory.

Idiom usage

It's really not worth money. After a little bit of walking, I really have to go back to sleep. (the seventh chapter of Wu Jianren's making up anecdotes in Qing Dynasty)

The origin of Idioms

The second chapter of "Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" written by Lanling Xiaosheng of Ming Dynasty: "the lady is young, and she has a lot of days to turn over. It's not like I'm old and worthless."

Chinese PinYin : rén lǎo zhū huáng