play wind instruments and sing
Chuiya Tanrui, a Chinese idiom, means Chu ī y è Ji á oru ǐ, which means playing and singing. It comes from the preface of Liu Zhi by Li Shangyin in Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Preface to Tang Dynasty's Li Shangyin's willow twig: "willow twig, luozhongli Niang also Blowing leaves and chewing pistils, adjusting silk and pipe, making the music of the wind and waves in the sky and sea, and remembering the sound of discontent. "
Analysis of Idioms
synonym: blow flowers and chew stamens
Idiom usage
Used as an object, attribute, etc
play wind instruments and sing
live off one person while secretly helping another -- work in the interest of an opposing group at the expense of one 's own - chī lǐ pá wài
have the strong willpower that can make an arrow pierce even stone - méi shí yǐn yǔ
unjust cause finds scant support - shī dào guǎ zhù
the self-conceited troops are destined to fail - jiāo bīng bì bài