address a person without an honorific title

address a person without an honorific title

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is t í m í NGD à ox à ng, which means to call someone's name directly. It comes from chapter 31 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin.

Idiom explanation

Say. Calling someone by name is not respectful.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] refers to the name and surname, and [antonym] implies

Idiom usage

You'd better not hurt your self-esteem by mentioning your name. You have to be drunk, or you don't dare! When he is drunk, he picks his nose and makes fun of his eyes. Instead of mentioning his name, he sneers at him with prose poems, and then scolds him with hot words: if his hair is as hot as a hen's nest, can he hatch chickens? How much is the beauty of curve and straight line? Is Lao Tzu's money easy to earn? Hum! And so on, there is no need to manage whether the level is clear or not, but to seek momentum. if you want to put it on the table, you should not mention names.

The origin of Idioms

Cao Xueqin's "dream of Red Mansions" chapter 31: "Jia Mu said:" now you are old, don't mention the nickname. " Just then, Baoyu came and said with a smile, "sister Yun is coming!" Wang Fu said: "it's only the old lady here who says this one. He's coming to raise his name again."