Gold and purple

Gold and purple

His waist was covered with gold and purple, and he wore a purple robe. It means to be a senior official.

Idiom explanation

It's also called "the gold in the waist and the purple in the back".

Idioms and allusions

Source: yuan · Wu Mingshi's "Xiao suntu" second: "I sigh that it's hard to wear a green robe. Who is the man with a purple waist?" Example: under the volume of Pinghua in the pre Han Dynasty: "I have been in the Qin hall for a long time, sorting out the CI and litigation, measuring the position and salary, and having a purple waist, the glory of my descendants and the tomb of my ancestors." "At that time, his waist was golden and his clothes were purple, and his days turned to nine steps. He was once proud and famous all over the world." Ling Mengchu of Ming Dynasty, Volume 22 of "the first time to make a case is startled": "to win a gold and purple waist is also to live a lifetime, and grass will grow a autumn."

Discrimination of words

Usage: as object and attributive; synonyms: gold in the back and purple in the back