have a previous engagement
The Chinese idiom pinyin is y ǒ uyu ē Z à IXI ā n, which means it has been agreed. It means that a plan has been made in advance. It's from raising eyebrows.
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
The origin of Idioms
The first fold of Yuan Wu Ming Shi's "raising a case to raise eyebrows" says: "old lady, this matter has already been arranged in advance, Kuang Jian'er insists on marrying him, which is also his fate."
Chinese PinYin : yǒu yuē zài xiān
have a previous engagement
rectify others and forget oneself. wǎng jǐ zhèng rén
Show off one's self and lose one's popularity. chěng jǐ shī zhòng
till the seas dry up and the rocks decay. shuǐ kū shí làn
un-matched in the past and the present. zhuó jué qiān gǔ