gamble
Hulu drink pheasant, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ū L ú h è zh ì, which means gambling in general. It's from the book of fengshunzhouxing very ill drama.
Idiom explanation
Shout, drink: shout; Lu, pheasant: two colors on ancient gambling equipment.
The origin of Idioms
Lu You, Song Dynasty, wrote a poem in the book of Fengshun boat's extremely ill play: "Hulu drinks pheasants even at dusk, and beats rabbits and foxes for years."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: Huyao drinking six
Idiom usage
It refers to gambling. But I remember in the guest house in Xianyang, at the bottom of the candle of Hulu drinking pheasant. (Ming Dynasty Qu you's "dice" poem) Qing Dynasty Yang Zhangsheng's "Beijing dust miscellany · Chang'an flower watching record": (all people) noisy and laughing, Hulu drinking pheasant, all voices like Yin Lei. Ye Shengtao's "poverty": a song follows in and walks out of the back room with the sound of Hulu drinking pheasant. The third part of Li Bai's young man's journey in Tang Dynasty. Song and Yan Jidao's "Huanxi gauze" CI: outdoor green Yang Chun is a horse, in front of the red candle night call Lu, meet also understand whether there is love or not? Chapter 42 of biography of the Martyrs: these four generals will also gather in a quiet and elegant place in front of the mountain, calling for the joy of Louvre white. Feng Xie: Chen and his roommates called Lu one day and one night, and they were defeated, and they were exhausted. Chapter one of Kang Youwei's book of Great Harmony (part a): the orchestral string is hoarse, regardless of the time, throwing millions at a time, calling Lu Bo excited and spending money like dirt.
gamble
all one can see is grief -- full of grief everywhere - mǎn mù qī liáng
do good but regard as ill will - wéi hǎo chéng qiàn
lower one 's banners and muffle one 's drums - yǎn qí pú gǔ
the glint and flash of cold steel - dāo guāng jiàn yǐng
a tree has its root , a stream has its source - mù běn shuǐ yuán
shoulder to shoulder and hub to hub - mó jiān jī gǔ
pay even for a horse 's drink of water -- extreme honesty - yìn mǎ tóu qián