be gay with lanterns and decorations

be gay with lanterns and decorations

Hanging lanterns to tie colors, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu á nd ē ngji é C ǎ I, which means hanging lanterns and tying colored balls; it describes festivals and festive scenes. From a dream of Red Mansions.

Notes on Idioms

Hang: Hang; color: ball, ribbon.

The origin of Idioms

"Dream of Red Mansions" 7 1: "to 28, the two houses in the club hanging lights, screen open Phoenix, bed set lotus; Sheng Xiao drum music, thoroughfare lane."

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; used for festivals, celebrations, etc. Examples: three or three chapters in the official circle: "since the auspicious time has come, lights and decorations will be hung in front of the bookstore; chairs and drapes will be laid in the middle of the main room." Gao Yunlan's three chapters of spring and Autumn Annals of a small city: "he thinks that his parents in his hometown should not welcome him without erecting a archway and hanging lanterns."