said of lao lai zi of the spring and autumn period

said of lao lai zi of the spring and autumn period

Banyixicai is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B ā NY ī x ì C ǎ I, which means wearing colorful clothes and playing with babies to amuse parents. Later, it is used as an allusion of filial piety for old adoptive parents. From Beitang shuchao.

The origin of Idioms

Volume 129 of Beitang shuchao quoted the biography of Xiaozi as saying that Lao laizi was 70 years old and his parents were still there. He often wore striped clothes to entertain his parents.

Analysis of Idioms

Banyi Opera

Idiom usage

To please one's parents. Example the twenty-four filial piety, they can't come to the opera to make laozong smile. I can easily make laozong smile here Don't you laugh at me? Chapter 54 of a dream of Red Mansions: Song Yang Wanli's Opera title of eating bamboo shoots from November to April: "colorful spring is priceless, and the jade version is inferior to Zen Buddhism."