Pay Hongqiao by mistake
Fuhongqiao by mistake is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is w ù f ù h ó ngqi á o, which means to refer to missing or not receiving a letter from the other party. It comes from Ren birthday, a new account of the world, written by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing
Analysis of Idioms
Fu zhuhongqiao
The origin of Idioms
Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in his book Rensheng, a new account of the world: "if you sink, you sink; if you float, you float. Yin Hongqiao can't be a scholar."
Idiom explanation
It's used to describe losing or not receiving a letter from the other party.
Idiom story
When he left office, many people entrusted him to take letters back to his hometown, because there was no post office at that time. He accepted more than 100 letters politely, but when he arrived at shitouzhu, he threw all the letters into the river. When people can't get a message, they always think that it's from tohongqiao
Pay Hongqiao by mistake
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