make a concealed reference to sth.

make a concealed reference to sth.

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à OD à ngshu à x à, which means to talk about things without permission. It comes from Liu Zhiyuan's zhugongdiao, Zhiyuan's farewell to Sanniang, Taiyuan.

The origin of Idioms

"Liu Zhiyuan's zhugongdiao: Zhiyuan's farewell to Sanniang's taiyuantoushi" says: "when I am a son-in-law, I look at me like a child's play. After that, I talk freely and hold my breath."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: gossiping and gossiping

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, or attribute.