break off flowers and willows

break off flowers and willows

Panhua Wenliu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ā nhu ā w è NLI ǔ, meaning prostitutes. It comes from the Ming Dynasty, Lu Cai's the story of the Pearl, written by Zhao.

Idiom usage

It refers to a man who has sex with a prostitute

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym for "climbing flowers and breaking willows"

The origin of Idioms

Lu Cai of the Ming Dynasty wrote the imperial edict in the story of a bright pearl: "when you take orders to a barren mountain, you have nothing to do with your mind; when you climb flowers and ask for willows, you hook the warblers and lead the swallows, you are in your heart."

Idiom explanation

It's a metaphor for prostitutes. The same as "climbing flowers and breaking willows".