Yu xiachengqi
Yu xiachengqi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ú Xi á ch é ngq ǐ, which means that the sunset is like a beautiful brocade, describing the gorgeous color of the sunset. It comes from "climbing three mountains at night and looking at the capital".
The origin of Idioms
Xie Tiao's poem "climbing the three mountains at night and looking at the capital city" in the Southern Qi Dynasty: "the afterglow is scattered and the Chengjiang river is as quiet as practice."
Idiom usage
Used as object and attribute; used in scenery description.
Yu xiachengqi
save money on food and expenses - shǎo chī jiǎn yòng
The Dragon leaps and the leopard changes - lóng téng bào biàn
the dragon 's liver and the phoenix 's marrow - lóng xuè fèng suǐ
Under the heavy reward, there must be a dead husband - zhòng shǎng zhī xià,bì yǒu sǐ fū
approaching seventy years of age - nián jìn gǔ xī