unable to suffer the humiliation made by the warder even if he is a whittled phoney one(xuē mù wéi lì)
unable to suffer the humiliation made by the warder even if he is a whittled phoney one
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xu ē m ù w é IL ì, which means you can't be insulted by the warder, even if it's made of wood, you can't see him. To describe the ferocity of a warder. It comes from the book of reporting ren'an written by Sima Qian of Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty wrote in the book of reporting ren'an: "therefore, the scholars had to draw a picture of the land as a prison, not to enter the situation, to cut wood as an official, not to discuss, and to plan for Xianye."
Idiom usage
In ancient times, when cutting wood to be an official, where is today's pure wind? Cheng Yunsheng, Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : xuē mù wéi lì
unable to suffer the humiliation made by the warder even if he is a whittled phoney one
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of noble character and high prestige
of noble character and high prestige. dé lóng wàng zhòng
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the sweat broke out all over one 's body and trickled down his back
the sweat broke out all over one 's body and trickled down his back. hàn chū jiā bèi
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rely on one another as cheek and jowl
rely on one another as cheek and jowl. fǔ chē xiāng jiāng
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