true colours(tǔ mù xíng hái)

true colours

The Chinese idiom, t ǔ m ù x í NGH á I, refers to the human body. The shape is like civil engineering. It refers to people's true colors without modification. It is also used to describe a person who is dull and uninteresting. It comes from Rongzhi, a new account of the world, written by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and object. It is also used to describe a person who is dull and uninteresting. Chujun's posture is about plain, and he has the shape of earth and wood. However, he is brave to speak up. Biography of Hao Chujun in New Tang Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Liu Ling was six feet long, ugly and gaunt, but leisurely and woody. Liu Yiqing's a new account of the world Rongzhi in the Southern Song Dynasty

Idiom story

During the Jin Dynasty, Ji Kang, one of the Seven Sages in the bamboo grove, was seven feet eight inches tall, graceful and good at writing. His body is as natural as civil engineering and does not need to be decorated. He was rebellious and good at playing the piano. He was killed because of his incompatibility with the secular world.

Analysis of Idioms

What it is

Chinese PinYin : tǔ mù xíng hái