To draw gold and turn purple
Tuo Jin Wei Zi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Tu ō J ī NW ě iz ǐ, which means wearing a gold seal with purple ribbon. It is a metaphor for a high official position. It's from the book of mourning a certain king.
Idiom explanation
Wear purple ribbon and gold seal. It is a metaphor for a high official position.
The origin of Idioms
Shen Junru's poem "mourning a certain monarch" said: "ten years of saying sad things, an example of donating life during the Anti Japanese war. I'm ashamed to kill the concubines of the puppet jingnu. I'm just a corpse.
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing
Chinese PinYin : tuō jīn wěi zǐ
To draw gold and turn purple
be weightier than mount tai. zhòng yú tài shān
one does not consider things outside his position. sī bù chū wèi