







衣绣昼行 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to return to one's hometown in a position of power or wealth, showing off one's success; to appear in one's home community in splendor after achieving success”. Literally, “walk in embroidered clothes during the day”.

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Open the tool →衣绣昼行 (yì xiù zhòu xíng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to return to one's hometown in a position of power or wealth, showing off one's success; to appear in one's home community in splendor after achieving success”.
衣绣昼行 is pronounced yì xiù zhòu xíng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 衣绣昼行 means “walk in embroidered clothes during the day”. It is used to mean “to return to one's hometown in a position of power or wealth, showing off one's success; to appear in one's home community in splendor after achieving success”.
昼:白天。穿了锦绣衣服在白昼行走。比喻在本乡作官,或富贵后回到故乡。