Turning yellow(cāng huáng fān fù)

Turning yellow

It comes from Mo Zi · dyed by Mo Zhai in the spring and Autumn period. It is often used to describe the changeable and capricious.

Source of allusion

In Mozi · Suo ran written by Mo Zhai in the spring and Autumn period, it is said that those who dye silk sigh and say: "dye in Cang, then Cang, dye in Huang, then Huang."

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: Cang: cyan; canghuang: cyan and yellow; repetition: capricious. The metaphor is changeable. Example of idiom: when the period is always uneven, it turns yellow. He wept for Zhaizi's sorrow and for Duke Zhu's cry. The degree of common use of "Beishan Yiwen" written by Kong Zhiyu in the Southern Dynasty: rare emotion color: derogatory words grammar usage: as predicate and attribute idiom structure: partial formal generation time: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : cāng huáng fān fù