friends(sān péng sì yǒu)

friends

Three friends and four friends, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ā NP é ngs ì y ǒ u, which means all kinds of friends. It comes from Volume 5 of xingshihengyan.

Analysis of Idioms

A fox friend

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty's "Xingshi Hengyan" Volume 5: "as the saying goes," one voice corresponds to the other, one spirit seeks the other. "There is a group of rogue children, three friends and four friends, who hold eagles and fly kites, drive dogs and horses, and shoot for fun."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. example graduated from University, 30 years old, difficult marriage, tired of three friends and four friends, but one after another introduction failed. (Jia Pingwa's "a smile always opens") and "a warning to the world. Vol.2-3. Yue Xiaoshe? Looking for a mate": it turns out that there is a custom in Lin'an, that is, if you go to a lake or boat, you can have guests, or three friends or four friends, or take your wife with you. You don't choose men or women, you can go to take a seat, drink, watch the mountains and have fun at will. "It's only when they have three friends and four friends and lead him to play in the streets of flowers and willows that they meet this disease. 」

Chinese PinYin : sān péng sì yǒu