Chanting the wind and the moon
Chanting and mocking the wind and the moon, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǒ ngch á of ē ngyu è, which means to describe scenes such as wind, cloud, moon, dew, etc., but with poor ideological content. From Wu Yao Zhi, insects, python.
The origin of Idioms
"Since then, every night, we have come here to discuss the past and the present, and to chant and mock the wind and the moon."
Analysis of Idioms
Chanting the moon and mocking the wind
Idiom usage
As a predicate or object; used in composition, etc.
Chanting the wind and the moon
suffer from an unrighted wrong or grievance - fù qū xián yuān
entrust to another 's care the children one is about to leave behind as orphans - xíng gū jì mìng