the whole town
Three streets and six lanes, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is snji ē Li ù Xi à ng, meaning street. From a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
It refers to the streets.
The origin of Idioms
The 24th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "depending on who he is, if he offends the neighborhood of my drunken King Kong Ni Er, let others leave home."
Idiom usage
As the subject, object and attribute, it generally refers to the streets.
Examples
He is very familiar with the streets here.
the whole town
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