White and green
Taking off white and hanging green, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Tu ō B á IGU à L ǜ, which means to take off white clothes and put on green robes. It refers to the first official career, which comes from Xingshi Hengyan.
The origin of Idioms
Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan, Vol. 11: "today's list is a good day, so why choose another day."
Idiom usage
It refers to being an official.
Chinese PinYin : tuō bái guà lǜ
White and green
Life is as fleeting as the morning dew.. rén shēng rú zhāo lù
Rub one's hands and sharpen one's fists. cā zhǎng mó quán
beware of the harm done by small things. fēng chài yǒu dú
leadership rendered ineffectual by recalcitrant subordinates. wěi dà nán diào