Hongyiyushang

Hongyiyushang

Hongyiyushang, a Chinese idiom, is h ó ngy ī y ǔ Shang in pinyin, which means taking feathers as clothes and referring to the clothes of immortals. It comes from the annotation to the water classic, river 2.

The origin of Idioms

Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote in notes to the water classic: River water 2: "in the Rock Hall, every time I see the God and man go back, I cover the people in red clothes and feather clothes, and practice the ears of the husband who feeds on the essence."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used of clothing.