Dai Ma Yifeng

Dai Ma Yifeng

Dai Ma Yifeng, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à im à y à f à ng, which means that people are nostalgic for their hometown and don't want to die of old age. It comes from the biography of ban Chao in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Literal meaning

Horses from the North always cherish the wind from the north.

Notes on Idioms

Dai: the name of an ancient county in the north; Daima: a good horse from the north.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of ban Chao in the book of the later Han Dynasty written by Fan Ye in the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "when the minister heard that Taigong had granted the title of Qi, the fifth generation buried Zhou, and the fox died in the head mound, he replaced Ma Yifeng."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as object; refers to homesick. In Han Dynasty, Huan Kuan's theory of salt and iron, it is said that "the sound of birds flying in ancient nests and horses in the north wind is mournful."

Analysis of Idioms

Dai Ma Wang Bei, Hu Si Shou Qiu

Emotional color

Commendatory words

Grammatical usage

To be in love with one's hometown.

Idiom structure

Subject predicate construction