Face binding

Face binding

Face binding is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is mi à NF à Xi á Nb à, which means to tie hands backward and face forward, with Jasper in the mouth. The ancients used it to express surrender and plead guilty. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the sixth year of Duke Fu.

The origin of Idioms

In Zuozhuan, the sixth year of the Duke of Chu, it is said that "Xu Nan's face is bound with a bit of jade, the official is weak, and the scholar is popular."

Idiom usage

When Xu Fu saw that Chu could not be saved, he tied his face and begged to surrender to the Jin army. The forty third chapter of Feng Shen Yan Yi by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: face binding