feel lost(chàng rán ruò shī)

feel lost

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch à NgR á NRU à sh à, refers to feeling depressed, like losing something. Describe a feeling of loss. It comes from the book "new sayings of the world · elegance" by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicate and attributive; it's used to describe a sad mood, as if something has been lost. Example: Zhong cries out his father's name, and the host looks at his family name and residence, and seems to have moved. He never asks. The owner was disappointed when he cried his father's name. (Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Niu Cheng Zhang by Pu Songling in Qing Dynasty)

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in the book "new sayings of the world · elegance": "Yin lost himself."

Idiom story

Yin zhongzhan, a scholar of Jin Dynasty, thought he was very talented. He showed Wang Gong his favorite works. He thought Wang Gong would praise him. Wang Gong didn't comment after reading it. He just pressed it with jade. Seeing this, Yin zhongzhan felt as if he had been splashed with a basin of cold water.

Chinese PinYin : chàng rán ruò shī