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Ugly, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is ch ǒ ut à IB ì L ù, meaning that the ugly form is completely exposed. From a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The 21st chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "Jia Lian is also ugly."
Idiom usage
An example is Qian Yong's "walking in the garden and talking with each other" in Qing Dynasty: "if you walk in a faltering way, you will be ugly. Even if you are small, you will think that."
Idiom story
Jia Lian's daughter is ill. He leaves Wang Xifeng and lives alone. He suddenly remembers that jiutou cook's daughter-in-law is extremely beautiful, frivolous and flirtatious, so he sends a young man to tell her that she is also devoted to Jia Lian, so Jia Lian goes to meet her. They make love like firewood. The more waves the daughter-in-law gets, the uglier Jia Lian is.
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run clandestine errands up and down the line - shàng cuàn xià tiào
The former planted trees, the latter enjoyed the cool - qián rén zhòng shù,hòu rén chéng liáng
as evident and obvious as the sun and the stars - zhāo rú rì xīng