A stranger

A stranger

Xiao Lang Mo Lu is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Xi ā ol á NGM ù L ù, which means that a woman looks like a passer-by to a man she loves, unwilling or unable to get close to him. It comes from the poem of giving away maidservant.

Idiom explanation

Xiao Lang: used to refer to the man a woman loves; stranger: passer-by.

The origin of Idioms

Cui Jiao's poem of giving away maidservant in Tang Dynasty: "as soon as Hou men entered the deep sea, Xiao Lang was a passer-by."

Idiom usage

No longer in love.