visit willow and look for flowers -- frequent brothels
Wen Liu Ping Hua, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w è NLI ǔ P í nghu ā, meaning to refer to prostitutes. From a dream of Red Mansions.
Idiom explanation
It's a metaphor for prostitutes.
The origin of Idioms
In Chapter 75 of a dream of Red Mansions, it is said that "all of them are hereditary CHILDES. Everyone has a rich family, and they are all teenagers. They are just a bunch of wandering wanku who fight chickens and run dogs and ask Liu Pinghua.
Analysis of Idioms
Search for flowers and ask for willows
Idiom usage
Usage: as object and attribute; used for male.
visit willow and look for flowers -- frequent brothels
fill in the gaps to complete a chain - chéng lóng pèi tào
a lone phoenix and a widowed goose - gū luán guǎ hú
be servile to one 's superiors and tyrannical to one 's subordinates - chǎn shàng jiāo xià
three people spreading reports of a tiger make you believe there is one around - sān rén chéng hǔ
Eclipses of the sun and the moon - rì yuè jiāo shí