as beautiful as the jade ornament of a cap -- a handsome man

as beautiful as the jade ornament of a cap -- a handsome man

Beautiful as jade, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ě IR ú Gu ā NY ù, meaning that the original metaphor is just good-looking. After describing the man looks beautiful. It's from the family of Prime Minister Chen in historical records.

Idiom explanation

Crown: hat. The original metaphor is just good-looking. After describing the man looks beautiful.

Idiom usage

In Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio in the Qing Dynasty, Su Qiu said: "when I saw a young man in the opposite house, I was as beautiful as jade." Lu Xun's talk on youth and Lao Tzu: "there was a Taoist who had the skill of immortality. He said he was more than 100 years old, but he looked as beautiful as a crown jade, like about 20 years old."

Idioms and allusions

In the original book of historical records, Volume 56, the family of Prime Minister Chen, marquis Jiang and Guan Ying slandered Chen Ping, saying, "although Ping is a beautiful husband, like Guan Yu Er, there may not be one of them. When Chen Wenping was at home, he stole his sister-in-law; when Wei was not allowed, he died and returned to Chu; when he failed to return to Chu, he died and returned to Han. Today, the king respected the officials and ordered the guards. When the minister heard that he received all the generals' gold, the more gold he received, the better, and the less gold he received, the worse. Peace, repeated chaos also, Wang would like to check it. Zhou Bo and Guan Ying all slandered Chen Ping, saying: "although Chen Ping is a beautiful man, he is just like a beautiful jade on a hat. There may not be anything real in him. We heard that when Chen Ping was at home, he had an affair with his sister-in-law; he could not do anything with the king of Wei, so he fled to the king of Chu; he didn't agree with the king of Chu, so he fled to the king of Han. Now the king thinks highly of him, making him a high official and appointing him as a guard. We heard that Chen Ping accepted the money from the generals. Those who gave more money got benefits, while those who gave less money suffered bad situations. Chen Ping is a fickle and treacherous minister. I hope the king will be aware of it. "