Shoes bow and socks small
Shoes bow and socks small, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi é g à NGW à Xi à o, meaning women's small feet in old times. It comes from the story of red plum night walk by Zhou Chaojun of Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"Walking at night in the story of red plum" by Zhou Chaojun of Ming Dynasty: "it's inconvenient to walk in shoes, bow and socks, but how can you travel repeatedly?"
Idiom usage
The second volume of Ling Mengchu's the first time to make a case is amazing: "many of the ministers who are with you can't escape yet. How can you get away from the princess and come back?"
Shoes bow and socks small
soldiers and horses are in great haste -- busily engaged in warfare - róng mǎ kǒng zǒng
withdraw from society and live in solitude - dùn shì jué sú
get the opposite of what one wants - qiú yì fǎn sǔn