Painting without salt

Painting without salt

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is k è Hu à w ú y á n, which means to compare ugliness with beauty, offending and belittling beauty. It comes from the biography of Zhou Yi in the book of Jin.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: painting without salt

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it is used as an example to imitate pearl. (Song Dynasty Chen Liang's Ci of guixiangzhi)

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Zhou Yi in the book of Jin, "Geng Liang tasted it and said," all people are happy with the emperor. " He said, "no salt in painting, no salt in Tang Dynasty."

Idiom story

In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhou Yi, a famous minister, was very modest. People always like to compare him with Ling leguang, who was also famous at that time, saying that they were both talented and highly respected. Zhou said modestly, "comparing me with him is a blasphemy to him. It's a painting without salt, and it's out of style."