Long heart and short hair

Long heart and short hair

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī NCH á NGF à Du à n, which means to describe old and resourceful. From Zuo Zhuan, the third year of Zhaogong.

Idiom explanation

Long heart: deep wisdom; short hair: old age. The hair is thin and the mind is full. Old and resourceful.

The origin of Idioms

In the third year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan: "his hair is short, but his heart is very long. He may lie in my bed."

Idiom usage

Examples

Although I'm over sixty and my blood is weak, I still dare to bow away the stone family, and I'm getting pale. How can I be willing to grow old. The second part of xiaoweichi by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty