have a previous engagement

have a previous engagement

The Chinese idiom pinyin is y ǒ uyu ē Z à IXI ā n, which means it has been agreed. It means that a plan has been made in advance. It's from raising eyebrows.

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive

The origin of Idioms

The first fold of Yuan Wu Ming Shi's "raising a case to raise eyebrows" says: "old lady, this matter has already been arranged in advance, Kuang Jian'er insists on marrying him, which is also his fate."