Pheasant head and fox armpit

Pheasant head and fox armpit

Pheasant head and fox armpit is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is zh ì t ó uh ú y è, which means fur clothes made of pheasant head and fox armpit. It describes exquisite dress and luxurious life. From Luoyang Jialan Ji Kaishan temple.

The origin of Idioms

Yang xuanzhi's "Luoyang Jialan Ji · Kaishan Temple" in the Northern Wei Dynasty: "Shi Chong in the Jin Dynasty is a commoner surname. He can still paint eggs and carve salary with a pheasant's head and a fox's armpit. What's more, I'm the king of the great Wei Dynasty, so I'm not extravagant?"

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it refers to people's clothes.