frequent houses of ill-fame(zǒu mǎ zhāng tái)

frequent houses of ill-fame

Zoumazhangtai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z ǒ um ǎ zh ā NGT á I, which originally means riding through zhangtai. The latter refers to setting foot among prostitutes. It comes from the biography of Zhang kaizhuan in the history of Han Dynasty.

Explanation of words

Zhangtai: the name of zhangtai street in Chang'an of Han Dynasty, which used to be the name of brothel. It originally refers to riding through zhangtai. The latter refers to setting foot among prostitutes.

Idioms and allusions

Beijing Zhaodian, the capital, Chang'an zhonghaohe, especially in Sanfu opera. The two thousand stones of the prefecture state were guarded by his younger brother Gao. He was only two or three years old. He was one year old in recent months. He was often injured and lost his name. Let's call it a crime. Only Guanghan and Chang have been in office for a long time. Open as a sign of Beijing, the imperial court every big argument, ancient and modern, cheap place, Gongqing all serve, the number of emperor from it. However, when he was not dignified, he stopped the court meeting and crossed the zhangtai street to drive the imperial officials away so that they could face the horses. And for women thrush, Chang'an in Zhang Jingzhao eyebrow sad. There is a division to play open. When he was asked, he said to him, "I heard that in the boudoir, there are too many people who are thrushing in the privacy of the couple." If you love your ability, you should be responsible. However, in the end, we can't have a great position. Yan shigu of Tang Dynasty quoted Meng Kang as saying: "in Chang'an." Chen Zan said, "it's the street under zhangtai."

The origin of Idioms

"However, if there is no prestige, we will stop the court meeting and cross the zoumazhangtai street, so that the imperial officials can drive away the horses."

Idiom usage

How can you get to zhangtai when I haven't come out of Tiantai. The first discount of Ma Zhiyuan's Qingshan tears in Yuan Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : zǒu mǎ zhāng tái