a once-met acquaintance

a once-met acquaintance

A half face friend is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B à NMI à nzh à Ji à o, which means that you have only seen one side of friendship with others. It means that you don't have deep friendship. It comes from the preface of celebrities of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Yanbo's preface to the celebrities of the Three Kingdoms in Jin Dynasty, it is said that "in view of the common people's mutual views, we can only make a decision on whether Tibet should be ruled by one-sided acquaintance."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to describe a shallow friendship. My friends and I don't know where this word comes from. Xu Zhonglin's Fengshen Yanyi in Ming Dynasty and Zhang Dai's tao'an Mengyi · Yao Jianshu's painting in Qing Dynasty: "Jianshu has no half face to face. When I visit Yu, I feel happy when I see him, so I stay here." Mao Dun's midnight 16: "I know that Zhao Botao is willing to give money, but it's a pity that my" red head match "is in vain, and I don't have a half face friend with this God of wealth!" He and I only met at a meeting and did not talk. I'm only half acquainted.

Idiom story

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ying Feng, a talented man, had a wonderful memory. When he was 20 years old, he visited yuan he, an official of Pengcheng. The craftsman who worked in the yuan family opened half the door and showed half his face to tell him that yuan he was not at home. One day a few decades later, Ying Feng recognized the Turner on the road. The Turner marveled at his memory.