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The Chinese idiom, Yu è Qu ē Hu ā C á n in pinyin, means to describe the scene of decline. From "with Wang Xiucai hurt geisha".
Analysis of Idioms
Flower and moon
The origin of Idioms
Wen Tingyun's poem "he Wang Xiucai's injury to geisha" in Tang Dynasty: "the moon is short and the flowers are incomplete. Don't be pathetic. The flower's whiskers will finally come out and the moon will be round."
Idiom usage
There is a feeling of regret that people are haggard and neglect the mandarin duck quilt. The song of Pan Fei by Shang Ting in Yuan Dynasty
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till the seas dry up and the rocks decay - hǎi hé shí làn
the people are boiling with resentment - mín yuàn fèi téng