gather in little knots
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Cu á ns ā NJ ù w ǔ, which means three, three, five and five together. It's from Hua Ji.
Analysis of Idioms
A group of three or five
The origin of Idioms
"Every time you make bamboo, you must shout when you are drunk, and then write. Don't ask for it, or force it, and go away with criticism. However, those who are ashamed of the appearance of the house are too restrained to gather together. "
Idiom usage
Because there is a jade pot in the warm Pavilion, in which there is a pot of single petaled Narcissus. Chapter 52 of Cao Xueqin's dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : cuán sān jù wǔ
gather in little knots
do things that are against reason and nature. sàng tiān hài lǐ