diamond in the rough

diamond in the rough

Hun Jin Bai Yu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú NJ ī Nb á iy ù, meaning natural beauty without modification. More used to describe the quality of simple and kind people. It's from Song Dai Yu's "mouse Pu · Wei Xiang Xu Bo".

The origin of Idioms

In the Song Dynasty, Dai Yu's "mouse Pu · Wei Xiang Xu Bo", it is said that "the origin of scholar bureaucrats is like pure gold and white jade, which can not be defiled."

Idiom usage

It refers to the natural beauty without modification

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: pure gold and jade