Skirt, cloth and hairpin

Skirt, cloth and hairpin

A Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ú Nb ù J ī ngch ā I, which means to use cloth as a skirt and Jing as a substitute for Chai. It refers to poverty. It's from Jing Chai Ji Yi Qin written by Ke Danqiu of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; used of women

Examples

Liang Hong's wife is also called a virtuous woman.

Analysis of Idioms

Skirt cloth hairpin Jing

The origin of Idioms

"Gongyuan is a family with plenty of food and clothing, and Laoshi is the wife of jingchai."

Idiom explanation

The dress is made of cloth and the hairpin is replaced by Jing. The metaphor is poverty. It's the same as "Chaijing skirt cloth".