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Autumn tea net, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin Qi ū t ú m ì w ǎ ng, means the autumn lush grass and white flowers, the mesh of the fish net; metaphor of severe punishment. From "on salt and iron · criminal morality".

Idiom explanation

Tea: white flowers on the grass.

The origin of Idioms

In the Han Dynasty, Huan Kuan's Yan tie Lun Xing De: "in the old Qin Dynasty, the method was used in autumn tea, but the net was dense in Congzhi."

Idiom usage

Combined; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning. example the Qin Dynasty's ～ is still of no help.