Huangmaobaiwei

Huangmaobaiwei

Huangmaobaiwei, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu á NGM á ob á IW ě I, which means continuous growth of yellow grass or white reeds; it describes a uniform and monotonous scene. From answer to Zhang Wenqian.

The origin of Idioms

In Su Shi's answer to Zhang Wenqian's book of Song Dynasty, it is said that "only in barren and bittern land, we can see that all are yellow and white reeds. This is the same with Wang."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences. If you are a man, you will be a teacher of all ages; if you look down at the time, you will be like a yellow Mao and a white reed. In Song Dynasty, Zhang yuangan's inscriptions and postscripts of famous sages in xuanzheng period and Liu Yazi's preface to Hu Jichen's poems said, "the Poetry School of Huang Mao and Bai Wei has spread all over the world."