small household affairs

small household affairs

Family is short, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā ch á NGL ǐ Du ǎ n, which means the daily life of family and neighbors. From journey to the West.

Idiom explanation

Daily life at home and in the neighborhood is trivial. Li: it refers to the Lifang system from Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty. Borrowing refers to neighbors.

The origin of Idioms

The 75th chapter of journey to the West written by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "once the door was closed, he asked me about my family's problems again. I didn't come, but I didn't get rid of the wind and was caught by him?"

Idiom usage

It refers to the trivia of family life. This is the first lady who has not talked with her for more than two years. Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines in Qing Dynasty Chapter 21