first he abused her and in the end he gave her up

first he abused her and in the end he gave her up

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǐ Lu à nzh ō ngq ì, which means to play with and then abandon. It mostly refers to the evil behavior of men playing with women. From the biography of Yingying.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Yingying written by Yuan Zhen of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "when it is chaotic at first, it will be abandoned at last."

Idiom story

The story of Xixiangji originated from the legendary novel yingyingzhuan written by Yuan Zhen in Tang Dynasty. The original story tells that Zhang Sheng, a scholar, fell in love with Cui Yingying, a cousin living in Pujiu temple during the reign of Zhenyuan. With the help of Hongniang, a maid, they dated in Xixiangji. Yingying finally agreed with each other. Later, Zhang Sheng went to Beijing to take an exam and got a high official. However, he abandoned YingYing and denounced Yingying as a love tragedy of "being a monster to others".

Idiom usage

Ji Yun's notes on Yuewei thatched cottage, Volume 12. Huaixi magazine 2: "to abandon everything is the evil of a gentleman. 」