刘姥姥进大观园
liú​lǎo​lao​jìn​dà​guān​yuán

Granny Liu visits the Grand View Garden

  • created sense approved 刘姥姥进大观园/劉姥姥進大觀園 · liú​lǎo​lao​jìn​dà​guān​yuán · Granny Liu visits the Grand View Garden — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    刘姥姥进大观园 / 劉姥姥進大觀園

    liú​lǎo​lao​jìn​dà​guān​yuán

    Granny Liu visits the Grand View Garden

    To be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings; describes a simple person who is dazzled or confused by unfamiliar splendor or sophisticated settings. This idiom originates from a scene in the novel [[红楼梦|紅樓夢|hong2 lou2 meng4]] where a rural widow visits an aristocratic estate.

    刘 (literal) → 刘/劉 · liú · Liu 姥姥 (literal) → 姥姥 · lǎo​lao · maternal grandmother 进 (literal) → 进/進 · jìn · to enter 大观园 (literal) → 大观园/大觀園 · dà​guān​yuán · Grand View Garden

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