Hong Fu and Feng die

Hong Fu and Feng die

The Chinese idiom, H ó ngxi ā NF è ngsh ì, means that the Swan flies high and the Phoenix dies. This is a metaphor for a long journey. It comes from the inscription of Chen Jun's ancestral hall in Haimen.

Idiom explanation

The Swan flies high and the Phoenix flies away. This is a metaphor for a long journey.

Idioms and allusions

The Swan flies high and the Phoenix flies away. This is a metaphor for a long journey. Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the inscription of the ancestral hall of Chen Jun, the first miser in Haimen: "at the age of 13, let the elder brother Chan Bo pass away, and there is no trace of his death."

Discrimination of words

Degree of common use: uncommon emotion color: commendatory words grammar usage: as predicate, attribute; used in written language idiom structure: combined type