Xie LAN and Yan GUI

Xie LAN and Yan GUI

Xie LAN, Yangui, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin means to refer to a nephew who can shine in front of his family. It comes from the biography of Dou Yi in the history of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Xie LAN is the provincial name of "Xie Ting Lan Yu"; Yan GUI, recorded in the biography of Dou Yi in the history of Song Dynasty: "Yi has excellent knowledge and elegant demeanor. Di Yan, Kan, Cheng and Fu were all registered in succession. Feng Dao and Yu Jun (Dou Yi's father) were old, and they tasted and presented poems. There was a saying that "Lingchun is an old tree, while Dangui is five fragrant branches." Jin gentry often allegorically recited it At that time, Dou brothers were called Yanshan five dragons.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

Idiom story

In the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty, Dou Yi had excellent knowledge and elegant demeanor. His brothers Yan, Kan, Cheng and Fu were all listed one after another. Feng Dao had a good relationship with Dou Yi's father, Dou Yujun, so he gave him a poem "Lingchun is an old tree, Dangui is five branches of fragrance". At that time, people enviously praised their five brothers as "Yanshan five dragons" or compared to "Xie LAN Yan GUI".