What do you mean by a white-faced child?

Xiao Sheng, the white face, is a role and supporting role in Beijing Opera, and now it also refers to some unknown workers or unimportant people.

Similar idiom: white-faced scholar.

White-faced scholar is an idiom, which comes from the biography of Shen Qing in Song Dynasty.

White-faced scholars refer to young scholars with little knowledge and experience; Metaphor young scholars lack experience and don't understand the world. With derogatory meaning; Generally, it is used as predicate, object and attribute in sentences.

Idiom implication

Emperor Wen was headstrong and bent on his own way. Even courtiers Shen Qingzhi turned a deaf ear, how to say good things, how to be sincere, and how to use analogy to "move with emotion, be clear with reason." In the end, the war ended in fiasco. In interpersonal communication, if you encounter different views or opinions from yourself.

We need to treat it rationally and distinguish it. "It's black when you listen, and it's clear when you listen." People's ears need to listen to voices from all directions, so as to avoid risks to the maximum extent. Idioms tell people that while reading, they should also strive to enrich their own experience and experience more daily knowledge, and don't be a "white-faced scholar" who doesn't understand the world.