In A Dream of Red Mansions, Daiyu said Baoyu: "Miao Er is also a silver wax spear." What does that mean?

No Vivi: refers to crop emergence; Xiu: The crops have blossomed. Of crops sprouting but not bearing fruit. Metaphor is that people have good qualifications, but they have no achievements. It is also a metaphor for shallowness.

Silver-like spear head-metaphor looks good on the surface, but it is useless in practice, just like a silver tin spear head. The spearhead made of pewter and tin-lead alloy is soft, which is a metaphor for useless people.

Source: Master Wang Yuan's "The West Chamber", Book 4, the second fold: "You used to be a' seedling but not a show', bah, silver is like a spear." It is the matchmaker who scolds Zhang Sheng.

The twenty-third time in A Dream of Red Mansions, "The West Chamber quips that the peony pavilion, colorful songs alert people's hearts". The breeze blows, the red flowers form an array, and Baodai * * * reads the West Chamber. This situation, coupled with the wonderful lyrics of "I will really remember", makes both of them secretly move. Both of them are witty and have a photographic memory. Baoyu couldn't help laughing when he was in love: "I am a sad sick body, and you are so beautiful." Daiyu was very angry about this and wanted to tell her uncle and aunt. Miss Lin is a very serious person. How can she be teased by others with this "erotic song"? However, what she said was just to scare Baoyu. I didn't expect Baoyu to take it seriously, so he immediately begged for mercy and swore. Daiyu also retaliated by quoting The West Chamber. "Bah, turned out to be a seedling rather than a show. This is a silver wax spear. " "Baoyu said with a smile," I told you what this is. " .