North window high lying

North window high lying

North window high lying, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ē ichu ā NGG ā ow, which means to compare leisurely and contented. From Yu Ziyan et al.

The origin of Idioms

Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty wrote in his book with Ziyan: "as the saying goes, in the middle of May and June, when you lie down at the North window and the cold wind comes, you are called emperor Xi."

Idiom usage

Example: Song Xin Qiji's shuilongyin: "Lao Lai once knew Yuanming's CI: ask the North window to lie high, Dongli to be drunk, should be different and return."