Dishevelled and barefoot

Dishevelled and barefoot

Pompous head and barefoot, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p é NGT ó uch ì Ji ǎ o, which means disheveled hair and barefoot. It describes a very irregular appearance without decoration. It comes from the biography of Haodan, a famous Taoist in Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

It is the first time in the biography of Haodan, a famous Taoist in Ming Dynasty: "he was beaten bareheaded and his clothes were smashed."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attributive, or adverbial; used in spoken English. The eighth chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in Qing Dynasty: "new sister-in-law, she must braid Tao ziyao's hair in person, and let him go."