Local owls in clothes(yī guān tǔ xiāo)

Local owls in clothes

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī Gu ā NT ǔ Xi ā o, which means animals in clothes, refers to people with extremely bad moral character and despicable behavior. It's from Song dynasty sun Guangxian's North dream Suoyan.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

Analysis of Idioms

Beast in clothes

The origin of Idioms

Volume 17 of sun Guangxian's northern dream Suoyan of Song Dynasty: "Su Kai, Gao Yixiu and Xiao Wenli are all poor bedfellows He Shuo people, eyes Su Kai for the local owl

Idiom explanation

Like a beast in clothes. A person of extremely bad character and low behavior.

Chinese PinYin : yī guān tǔ xiāo