son-in-law

son-in-law

Dongchuangdanfu, a Chinese idiom, is Pinyin D ō ngchu á NGT ǎ NF ù, which means son-in-law. It comes from Shishuoxinyu Yaliang.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty's new sayings of the world - Elegance: when he hears about finding a son-in-law, he is reserved; only Yilang is lying on his east bed, if he doesn't hear about it.

Idioms and allusions

When Xi Taifu was in Jingkou, he sent his students to write with Wang Cheng to ask for his son-in-law. The prime minister said Chi Xin: "if you go to the East chamber, you can choose it at will." When the student returned, Bai Xi said, "all the Lang of the Wang family are commendable. When they hear that they are looking for a son-in-law, they are reserved. Only Ichiro, lying on the East bed with an open stomach, is like not smelling. " Xi Gongyun: "that's good!" When I visited him, I found that he was less than Yi, because he married his daughter and Yan.

Idiom usage

I'm Miss Li's babysitter, because my master and wife want to hire a son to be honest. The sixth chapter of the romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: Chenglong kuaixiao, dongchuanjiaoke

Idiom story

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher, was very talented when he was young. The Taiwei Xi Jian thought highly of him and wanted to marry his daughter to him, so he sent someone to ask Wang Xizhi's Uncle Wang Dao to marry him. Wang Dao led the visitors to the East chamber. Only Wang Xizhi, with his clothes open and his stomach open, was eating on the East bed. The visitor went back to report to Xi Jian and said that it was the one who was honest in the East bed.