Chanting flowers and willows
Chanting flowers and willows is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y í nhu ā y ǒ ngli ǔ, which means chanting the wind and the moon. It comes from the actual record of the army by Hong Rengan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Idiom explanation
You talk about the wind and the moon.
The origin of Idioms
Hong Rengan, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, wrote in the actual record of the Military Times: "when my military commander was in the middle of the military times and in the trunk of the case, every time I saw a poem, I mostly chanted flowers and willows. Even if I look at it, it is contrary to my heart. "
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attribute, or object; used in writing.
Chanting flowers and willows
sweep through the length and breadth of the territory - zòng héng chí chěng
one must be thorough in exterminating an evil - chú è wù jìn
remember what is right at the sight of profit - jiàn lì sī yì