pins awry and hair in disorder

pins awry and hair in disorder

The Chinese idiom ch à IH é NGB à NLU à n in pinyin means that the hair around the ear is scattered and the jewelry is on one side. It describes a woman's appearance when she first wakes up from sleep. From fan CI.

Idiom explanation

Sideburns: hair around the ear; hairpin: Women's jewelry, composed of two strands. The hair around the ear is scattered and the jewelry is on one side. It describes a woman's appearance when she first wakes up from sleep.

The origin of Idioms

In Wang Anshi's fan Ci of Song Dynasty, "the wind and frost of Qingming is not human, the temples are disordered and the hairpins are horizontal, so it's very cold."

Idiom usage

It's used as an attributive; it's used as an example to show that when a woman is not sleeping, her pillow and hairpin are in disorder. Song · Su Shi's "Dongxian song" Ci

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: hair on temples, hair on hair