Slander the green with the white(yǐ bái dǐ qīng)

Slander the green with the white

Slander the green with white, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ B á ID ǐ Q ī ng, which means slander the green with white. It means to negate others with self righteous prejudice. It comes from Suiyuan poetry by Yuan Mei of Qing Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Slander cyan with white. It is a metaphor for denying others with self righteous prejudice.

The origin of Idioms

The fifth volume of Suiyuan Shihua written by Yuan Mei in Qing Dynasty: "it's better to hide clumsiness than to do it. It's better to protect one's weakness than to ridicule one's strong points. The so-called people who use the palace to laugh and slander the youth with the white are called vulgar Confucians. "

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or object; used in writing

Chinese PinYin : yǐ bái dǐ qīng