A man of the White House

A man of the White House

A man in a white house, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B á IW ū zh ī sh ì, which means a poor scholar. It comes from Lun Heng Yu Zeng by Wang Chong of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The poor scholars worked a lot, so they passed on little books; their migration was also difficult, so they were easily destroyed; they did not spend money, so many of them could not get books.

The origin of Idioms

In Wang Chong's Lun Heng Yu Zeng of Han Dynasty, it is said that "the Duke of Zhou zhixia was a scholar in the White House."

Idiom explanation

A poor scholar.