hide one 's smile

hide one 's smile

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ NK ǒ u é RXi à o, which means to cover your mouth when you laugh, in order to avoid being rude. It comes from the biography of Shi Mengfu Jun, commander of the west General of the Jin Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Hide your mouth and laugh

The origin of Idioms

According to Tao Yuanming's biography of Shi Mengfu Jun, the commander of the west General of the Jin Dynasty, Liang uses Zhuwei to hide his mouth and smile

Idiom usage

It's a joke. Chapter 19 of Confucius' family sayings: "Confucius ate millet first and then peach, and both sides of his mouth laughed." "The second volume of Han Shi waizhuan:" King Zhuang said: "I don't know if I'm hungry or tired after listening to the words of Zhongxian today." Fan Ji said, "what is the so-called loyalty of the king to the sages and the guests of the princes? What about Chinese people? " King Zhuang said, "then you will sink your commander Yin." Fan Ji hides her mouth and smiles Liu Xiang of Han Dynasty wrote in the biography of ancient women, debating biography, Qi Su Liu Nu: "it's too late to arrive, and Su Liu Nu is terrified. All the ladies hide their mouths and smile, and they can't stop losing their looks." According to the biography of he Changyu in the history of southern China, "the empress of Changyu was the Minister of the Ministry of officials. There was a Hakka surnamed min Qiuguan, and Changyu said:" who is the empress of you? " The answer was: "after Ziqian." Chang Yu's Tuan fan hides his mouth and laughs, saying that the sitting guest says: "far away Huazhou." "Yiwen Lei Ju" Volume 6: "the guest saw it and said with a smile: this special Yan stone is not different from the tile Chapter 89 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "the left and right sides all hide their mouths and smile and say:" this is the most beautiful woman in the world. " Zhai Hao in Qing Dynasty quoted "recent events of the Southern Tang Dynasty" in Volume 32 of his popular edition: "you hide your mouth and laugh. Therefore, those who are not well paid in Jinling take Duke Zhu as their justification. "In the biography of heroes and heroines written by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty," he finished the bow and looked at everyone and said, "you see, it's not like he's made such a mess here and there!" It made everyone laugh. "In Pu Songling's strange tales from a Lonely Studio: Fairy Island in the Qing Dynasty," Fang Yun whispered to her sister, so she hid her mouth and laughed. " "Strange stories from a Lonely Studio - Fengyang scholars:" before the woman answers, the beauty hides her mouth and laughs Yang Shoujing's Shuijing Zhushu (Volume 26) in Qing Dynasty: "on the seventh day of the master's Zhai, he took Xuanfu, a crown, to make a treasure, ten pieces of leather cabinet and ten pieces of towel. When the guests saw it, they hid their mouths and said with a smile, "this special Yan stone is not different from the tile."