Salivating jade beads

Salivating jade beads

Saliva jade foam bead, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi á NY ù m ò zh ū, which means flowing jade, spitting out pearls; it refers to the beautiful scene of splashing water. It comes from the story of Jiang Shou Ju Yuan Chi.

The origin of Idioms

In the notes of jiangshou living in Yuanchi written by Mr. Fan of Tang Dynasty, "there are more than three Zhangs of wooden waterfall, and more than three Zhangs of salivary jade beads."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.