Extravagance and abuse

Extravagance and abuse

The Chinese idiom, Ji ā och ǐ y í NN ü è, means to describe the indulgence and extravagance of life. It comes from the Qinghua of jade pot.

The origin of Idioms

The ninth volume of the jade pot Qinghua written by Wen Ying of Song Dynasty: "Xu Zhixun was a governor of Huainan. He was arrogant, extravagant and sadistic. He was killed by Zhu Jin. One side was very disturbed, and the LORD was eager to replace him. He knew that he was against his rule and was modest and generous."

Idiom usage

As predicate, object and attribute, it refers to people's profligacy.