There are a few chéngyǔ that are not four characters in length. An example of a seven-character one is ("zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ", lit: "The Old Drunkard's attention is not directed towards his wine"). This is a direct quote from Ouyang Xiu's essay "An Account of Old Drunkard's Pavilion" (, "Zuiwengting Ji"), in which the author ("Old Drunkard") expresses his true intention of enjoying the scenery of the mountains and rivers as he drinks. As an idiom, it expresses the situation where one does something with an ulterior though benign motive in mind.