the stars and moon vie with each other in brightness
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī ngyu è Ji ā Ohu ī, refers to the stars and the moon shining together, especially bright. It comes from Song Ouyang Xiu's Ode to autumn sound.
The origin of Idioms
Ouyang Xiu's Ode to the sound of autumn in Song Dynasty: "the stars and the moon are bright, and the river is in the sky."
Idiom usage
Examples
On the night of March 14, the wind was clear and the air was cool. The 90th chapter of the romance of awakening the world
the stars and moon vie with each other in brightness
exotic and strangely scented flowers - qí pā yì hùi
men 's life is like boarding in this world - rén shēng ruò jì
to be keen on mountains and rivers has become and unalterable favourite hobby - yān xiá gù jì
evade the subject under discussion - wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
leave one 's native place and live as a vagabond - lí xiāng bèi tǔ
It's better to cheat than to cheat - zhà jiān bù jí