Idle gulls and wild herons
The Chinese idiom Xi á n ō uy ě L ù in pinyin refers to a retired and idle person, or refers to a woman in an improper relationship between men and women. It's from water melody.
The origin of Idioms
"Shui Diao Ge tou" CI: "humble son life source, although idle gulls and wild herons, 15 degrees of the Yellow River."
Idiom usage
As subject, object, attribute; used in figurative sentences
Idle gulls and wild herons
strengthening the body resistance to eliminate pathogenic factors - fú zhèng qū xié
suffer affronts without resentment - shǔ dù jī cháng