in a melon patch or under a plum tree

in a melon patch or under a plum tree

Li xiaguatian, a Chinese idiom, whose pinyin is l ǐ Xi à Gu ā Ti á n, refers to the occasion where it is easy to cause suspicion. From the biography of yuan in northern history.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Yuan Zhuan in the northern history, "the ancients were cautious about melon fields and plum blossoms."

Idiom usage

It is used as the subject and object; it is used as an example to describe the occasion that is easy to cause suspicion; it is used as a fool to say that the fan garden of the broken willow, the good scholar Qu Qu, and a gentleman's refuge. (Huang Liuhong's Fu Hui Quan Shu Li Ren Bu, Qing Dynasty)