Play with butterflies and bees(xì dié yóu fēng)

Play with butterflies and bees

Playing with butterflies and bees, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ì di é y ó UF ē ng, which means flying butterflies and bees. Later, it is used as a metaphor for the prodigal children. It comes from two songs about spring in Shanfang by Cen Shen of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

CEN Shen of Tang Dynasty wrote two songs about spring in Shanfang: "the wind is calm, the sun is warm, the spring is shining, and people's houses are disturbed by butterflies and bees."

Analysis of Idioms

words whose meaning is similar

dissipated young sets who take a fancy to lewdness

Idiom usage

As the subject, object, attribute; refers to the prodigal children

Chinese PinYin : xì dié yóu fēng