purple and yellow(wèi zǐ yáo huáng)

purple and yellow

Wei ziyaohuang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w è iz ǐ y á Ohu á ng, which originally refers to two rare peony varieties in Luoyang in Song Dynasty. After the general refers to the valuable flowers. It's from green bamboo hall drinking alone.

The origin of Idioms

Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty wrote the poem "drinking alone in the green bamboo hall": "Yao, Huang, Wei and Zi are in the second place, but they don't feel that both of them are withering."

Idiom usage

You are so charming, you have a bright heart, you have a hundred and fragrant flowers. The third discount of Wu Changling's Dongpo dream in Yuan Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Yao Huang Wei Zi

Chinese PinYin : wèi zǐ yáo huáng