Liang mengxiangjing

Liang mengxiangjing

Liang Meng Xiangjing, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced Li á NGM è ngxi ā NGJ ì n. It means that Meng Guang raises the tray as high as his eyebrows when he delivers food to his husband Liang Hong. It means that the couple are very loving and harmonious. It comes from the biography of Liang Hong in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Raise one's eyebrows

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Liang Hong in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "every time I return, my wife is a food. I dare not look up to him and raise my eyebrows. He said, "the servant can make his wife respect him like this, and so can an extraordinary person."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used between husband and wife

Idiom story

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liang Hong, a scholar, returned home to work as a farmer after finishing his imperial college and married Meng Guang, the 30-year-old daughter of the county's rich Mencius. After marriage, they abandoned the rich life of the Mencius and went to live in seclusion in the baling mountain area. Later, they helped Gao Botong work as a temporary worker. Every time Meng Guang delivers food to Liang Hong, he raises the tray as high as his eyebrows, which makes the couple very loving and harmonious.