break off flowers and willows

break off flowers and willows

Panhuazheliu is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ā nhu ā sh é Li ǔ, which means men have sex with prostitutes. It comes from the second fold of Yuan Dynasty's anonymous hundred flowers Pavilion.

Idiom explanation

Flowers and willows: referring to prostitutes. It refers to a man who has sex with a prostitute.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, the second fold of Wu Mingshi's "hundred flowers Pavilion" is: "it's for me to climb flowers and break willows, which makes it difficult for a country to invest."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] sleeping willow and climbing willow.

Idiom usage

He likes climbing flowers and turning willows, and doesn't do serious business.