The curtain is thin(wéi báo bù xiū)

The curtain is thin

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is w é IB á ob ù Xi ū, which means a taboo term for the family's promiscuity, also known as "the curtain is not repaired". It comes from biography of Bi Zhongjing in northern history.

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Bi Zhongjing, a northern historian, said: "in the reign of Zhu Bi, there is no lack of honor and honor, but the curtain is thin and unrepaired, which is contemptible."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: drapery and chaff, thin curtain and chaff

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attribute and object

Examples

When the Emperor Xuanzong changed the name of Tianbao to Yuan Dynasty, he spoiled a concubine Yang and made her proud. The first story of the origin of Wenkang's children heroes in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : wéi báo bù xiū