with unkempt face

with unkempt face

Disheveled head and dirty face, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p é ngsh à UG à UMI à n, meaning that the hair is very messy, the face is very dirty; in the old days, it used to describe the poor people's living conditions are very bad; it also generally refers to no decoration. It comes from the biography of Wei Shu Feng Ji.

The origin of Idioms

"Wei Shu · fengdaozhuan" says: "a gentleman should correct his clothes and respect his vision. Why should he be unkempt and unkempt, and then be virtuous?"

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. Although he is unkempt, his appearance remains unchanged. According to the biography of Rencheng king in the book of the Northern Qi Dynasty, "the imperial concubine Lu's family bestowed Hu Si Zheng with unkempt head and dirty face, and Chang Zhai did not laugh." In the popular novel of Beijing, Ao Xianggong: "Wang Xun is dishevelled and dirty, bleeding all over his body." Shi Yu, a poem written by Mao Xianglin in the Qing Dynasty, said: "when I was lucky, I was a slave in armor. I was Dishevelled." Chapter 23 of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in Qing Dynasty: the adulteress is only 20 years old. Although she is dishevelled, she looks beautiful. Her watery eyes are even more attractive. Ye Shengtao's four or three episodes: Professor of English: "no more prisoners like characters."