the whole town

the whole town

Three streets and six lanes, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s਑nji 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.