Spare places

Spare places

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B è IW è ICH ō ngsh ù, which means to be modest and unable to do things. It comes from the biography of Xiao Wang in the history of Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

To make up for a number, to live a simple life

Idioms and allusions

In the biography of Xiao Wang in the book of Han Dynasty, it is said that "I am over sixty years old and have been preparing a general."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. The fifth chapter of CAI Dongfan's the romance of the history of the Five Dynasties: "Longyan can't make up the number of seats, so he has no idea." In Yanzi Chunqiu Jianxia: "her daughter went to Yanzi's home and asked her to say:" if you are a concubine of Guo, please have the right way in the prime minister's country. If you can't satisfy your desire, you'd like to have enough. "