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Cloth socks and green shoes, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù w à Q ī ngxi é, which originally refers to the clothing of the common people, and used to refer to the life of a hermit. It comes from the continuation of Jin Ping Mei by Ding Yaokang in Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The 18th chapter of Ding Yaokang's continuation of the plum in the Golden Vase in the Qing Dynasty: "Dai an is 27 years old. He doesn't need a long face and wears a blue jacket, blue cotton trousers and blue shoes. Brother Xiao wears a blue cotton jacket, blue cotton trousers and blue cloud shoes."

Idiom explanation

Originally refers to civilian clothing. In the old days, it was compared to the life of a hermit. The same as "green shoes and cloth socks".