high officials and noble lords
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d á Gu à NY à or é n. It's also used to refer to high-ranking officials and people with high social status. It comes from "cold Zhai night talk - Lesson skill has experience or not".
The origin of Idioms
Song Huihong's cold Zhai night talk: the skill of lesson has been proved or not: if there is a day, it can be taught, so that the lesson is wonderful All the officials and dignitaries have no proof of what they say; the most important thing is to teach the ordinary people in the mountains.
Idiom usage
Used as subject, object and attribute; often used to satirize people.
high officials and noble lords
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