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Quyi Fengying, a Chinese idiom, is written in pinyin Q ū y ì f è ngy í ng, which means to follow others against one's own will. It comes from the song of insects, written by Cai Juanzi in Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the Qing Dynasty, Cai Juanzi's "the song of insects" said: "although we are flattered, we are prone to blame, but we are not equal."

Idiom usage

I don't know whether it is against my will to please a good person or a disciple of that time. Yuan Mei's reply to the Marquis of Jinghai in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Flattery