Watching from behind the curtain

Watching from behind the curtain

The Chinese idiom Li á Nku ī B ì t ì ng means eavesdropping and peeping. It comes from the common saying of Xichou by He Tan of Song Dynasty.

Shiyi curtain: curtain; peep: peep; wall: wall; listen: eavesdrop. Eavesdropping and peeping. He Tan of the Song Dynasty said in the proverb of Xichou: "if you walk far away, you will have a lead, but if you sit in a swallow's seat, you won't have to peep at the wall." used as object and attribute; refers to eavesdropping and peeping