parade with beautiful dress at night(yì jǐn yè xíng)

parade with beautiful dress at night

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī J ǐ NY è x í ng, which means to walk in beautiful clothes at night. Metaphor can't show honor and wealth in front of people. It comes from the biography of Xiang Yu in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Xiang Yuben's biography in historical records: "wealth does not return to hometown, just like traveling at night."

Idioms and allusions

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, was advised to set up his capital after he conquered Xianyang. However, because he missed his hometown, Xiang Yu was eager to return to his hometown. He said, "if wealth does not return to his hometown, it's just like walking in a beautiful night. Who knows!" later generations extended the idiom "walking in a beautiful night", which is exactly "walking in a beautiful night". According to the latest edition of Xinhua idiom dictionary, the pronunciation of "Yi" has been modified, and "Yi" has the first pronunciation. Xiang Yu believes that if you don't go back to your hometown after wealth, it's like walking at night in a splendid dress, and no one can see it. Later, he used the following words to mean that he could not show his glory and wealth to others: he could not show his glory and wealth to others; he also used the following words to mean that he would return home after he was rich, such as "returning home after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, traveling during the day after he was rich, returning home after he was rich, showing off his wealth and glory.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: return home in glory, return home in splendor

Idiom usage

In the biography of Zhu Maichen in the history of Han Dynasty: "Shang (Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty) said that Maichen said:" if wealth does not return to his hometown, it's like walking at night, what's he like now? " "I'll give you my thanks." Chapter 20 of Huang Xiaopei's twenty days of prosperous dreams: "the ancients said," if you don't return to your hometown when you are rich, it's like walking in the night when you are rich. " What do you know? My Lord, why don't you come back while man Ren is here? " 　　

Chinese PinYin : yì jǐn yè xíng