offend the most beautiful(táng tū xī zǐ)

offend the most beautiful

Tang tuxizi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t á NGT ū x ī Z ǐ, which means to offend Xishi, to raise the ugly and to belittle the beautiful. It's from a new account of the world: light slander.

Idiom explanation

Abrupt: offensive; Xizi: namely Xishi, a beauty in the spring and Autumn period.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in his book "a new account of the world · light slander": "what is the salt free painting? It's the Tang Dynasty that made the western style

Idiom usage

To blaspheme someone better than oneself. The former book can be described as a painting without salt, and the Tang Dynasty is a western style. Yun Jing and Li Tingzhou in Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhou Yi, a famous minister, was very modest. People always like to compare him with Ling leguang, who was also famous at that time, saying that they were both talented and highly respected. Zhou said modestly, "comparing me with him is a blasphemy to him. It's a painting without salt, and it's out of style."

Chinese PinYin : táng tū xī zǐ