Bottle drop and hairpin fold

Bottle drop and hairpin fold

Pinyin is p í ngzh ù iz ā nzh é, a Chinese idiom. It means that the bottle is hard to find when it falls to the bottom of the water, and the hairpin is hard to pick up when it is broken. It means that men and women are separated. From the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It refers to the separation of men and women

Examples

Looking at the blue bridge is like three mountains, misty water, hard road, broken bottle, sour wind and bitter moon, astringent rain and stingy clouds.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: bottle sink

Antonym: Reunion

The origin of Idioms

The fourth discount of the fourth book of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of the Yuan Dynasty: "although it's a time of fragility, don't guess what to do."

Idiom explanation

It's hard to find a bottle under the water, and it's hard to pick up a hairpin when it's broken. It refers to the separation of men and women.