make the gaudy swallows and orioles pale with envy

make the gaudy swallows and orioles pale with envy

Yan is envious of Ying, a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y à nd à y à NGC á n, which means that a woman is beautiful. Yan is envious of her, but Ying is ashamed of herself. From a dream of Red Mansions.

Idiom usage

As an attributive or adverbial; used of women

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: sinking fish and falling geese

The origin of Idioms

The second and seventh chapter of a dream of Red Mansions: "the garden is full of beautiful and colorful, and the peaches and apricots dressed up by these people make the swallows jealous and the warblers ashamed. I can't say enough for a moment."

Idiom explanation

Describe the beauty of a woman, Yan see the life of jealousy, Ying ashamed of it.