Don't play pipa
Biebaopipa, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is bi é B à op í P á, which means remarriage and empathy. From notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - Huaixi magazine 4.
The origin of Idioms
Ji Yun of Qing Dynasty wrote in notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - Huaixi magazine 4: "I'm so affectionate that I can't bear not to play pipa."
Idiom usage
Chen Qiyuan's notes on Yong Xian Zhai · salt owl's robbery in Qing Dynasty: "return to Hengshui ocean, meet a hurricane suddenly, six boats disappear, no one will live forever. When all the women in the family hear about it, they divide up everything and don't play the lute. "
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: Pipa biebao, empathy bielian Antonyms: from one to the end
Don't play pipa
console oneself with false hopes - wàng méi zhǐ kě
have callosities on one 's hands and feet - shǒu zú pián zhī