a grieving maid and a desolate man -- a woman without a husband and a man without a wife(yuàn nǚ kuàng fū)

a grieving maid and a desolate man -- a woman without a husband and a man without a wife

The Chinese idiom, Yu à NN à Ku à NGF à, refers to adult men and women who have no spouse. It's from Mencius, King Liang Hui.

Analysis of Idioms

A man without a husband and a woman without a husband

The origin of Idioms

"Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Xia": "there is no complaint woman inside, no Kuang Fu outside."

Idiom usage

It refers to unmarried men and women. example if you are complaining about women, you will become a couple. In Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong's Yu Shi Ming Yan Volume 23. Zhang Shunmei got a beautiful girl at the Lantern Festival: "he and his wife are just like a hungry tiger meeting a sheep. When they meet each other, they will have time to ask for a name and a gift. In the Qing Dynasty, the historical materials of Liyuan in Yandu are being compiled. Volume 41 of shuangzhaolou series, shuangzhaolou, chapter two, thirty-two inscriptions [orderly]: the lane covers the black clothes, the dream is cool, and Chen Siyi writes a poem about Xu Xun. I'd like to fly to the bottom of the niche with the green bird, and get the fragrance of the Golden Dragon. Thank you for your parting. You have also raised your mind to the end of the world. You cherish LAN Peng. Gai Shen hopes that all lovers will be married. In this fashionable world, when you are in charge of your own affairs, you should be aware of what you want to do. You should not be attached to your children's private affairs. Today, I'm playing with a series of books. 】In Chapter 50 of the romance of the history of the Five Dynasties, the pickaxe chased into the Tanzhou capital, arrested Liu Yan, and planned to seize the Wuping Army: "let's say that Guo Rong, the governor of Zhenning, was appointed as the Minister of the Zhou Dynasty after he came to the town. Wang Min and Cui song were used as judges, and Wang Pu as secretary in charge. They were all famous men of the time and had good guidance. Rong's wife Liu, who was once the king of Pengcheng County, lived in Daliang and was slaughtered by Liu Zhu. When Zhou ascended the throne, Liu was granted the title of Pengcheng county's wife. Because of his honor, Liu was to be continued, and another was to be chosen. RONG Wen, Fu Yanqing's daughter, is intelligent enough to protect her body. She lives in her mother's home. She has never been suitable for him, so she invites her adoptive father to be her stepmother. The master of Zhou recognized Fu as his adopted daughter and was happy to be his adopted son Yucheng, so he wrote a letter to Yanqing and asked him to be his righteous daughter-in-law. Yanqing naturally obeyed, and when she sent her daughter to Danzhou, she married Rong. It's not necessary to say that every one of them has his own place. " In Chapter 11 of the romance of the Yuan Dynasty, the Xixia Lord offered female beggars and the Mongol army to enter the pass to show off their military prowess: "however, if you are satisfied, the female chieftains have no choice but to follow each other. At last, they are complaining about their women and their husbands, and each has its own place. At last, it's Keith whitzer. " "It is said in the biography that" men have a room and women have a home "and there is no need to profane it. The book of rites says that if there is chaos inside and outside, birds and animals will be destroyed. There are flowers on the tongue, and the color is wrong. Tempting to fall on the evil mountain, punishment to sink in the sea of pain. He boasted that he was a scholar, and his romantic anecdotes were frequently turned over, which made him complain about his wife and his husband. If you like to talk about zhongbong, a word will hurt the harmony of heaven and earth; if you write obscene books recklessly, you will suffer from the crime of mud plough. " The fourth fold of the romance of the Western Chamber: "because of the couplet poem at the end of the month, it has achieved the goal of complaining about women. It seems that the number one scholar with ambition can, and the ruthless Zheng hengku. "

Chinese PinYin : yuàn nǚ kuàng fū