Carved walls and lofty buildings
Diao Qiang Jun Yu, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is di ā oqi á NGJ ù NY ǔ, meaning painted walls and tall buildings. Describe the luxury of living. It comes from the book of Zhou, the second chapter of Emperor Wu.
explain
Painted walls and tall buildings. Describe the luxury of living. It's the same as "Jun Yu Diao Qiang".
source
According to the book of the Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wudi Ji Xia: "it's not straight to carve walls and precipitous buildings. It's a deep caution to the former king, but it's a grand and open structure. There's a temple beyond the Qing Dynasty."
Examples
There are ~, the crown in Yicheng; Saimo filled the street, the spring and Autumn Period in Taixue. The stele of Confucius Temple in Changjiang County of Suizhou by Yang Jiong of Tang Dynasty
usage
As an object or attribute; used of buildings.
Carved walls and lofty buildings
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earthenware broken and ice melted - wǎ jiě bīng pàn