a beast in human attire

a beast in human attire

It is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is y ī Gu ā nxi ā OJ ì ng. It is said that Xiao is an evil bird eating his mother, while he is an evil beast eating his father. In the old days, it was used to describe unfilial people. It comes from Volume 17 of song sun Guangxian's BEIMENG Suoyan.

The origin of Idioms

Volume 17 of sun Guangxian's northern dream Suoyan of Song Dynasty: "the eyes of the scholars in Heshuo were sukai, who were dressed as owls."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to a person who is unfilial.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: animals in clothes and unworthy descendants