a good man caught in difficult circumstances
Heroism is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī ngxi ó ngq ì Du ǎ n, which means to describe a person with talent and ambition who has lost his enterprising spirit due to setbacks. It comes from Su PI, Volume 3 of Zengguang Shangyou Lu.
The origin of Idioms
PI, a high line, when he was young, tried the Ministry of rites. If he failed, he brushed his clothes away and said, "among them, the shortest is the heroic spirit." Su PI, Volume 3 of Zengguang Shangyou Lu
Idioms and allusions
In ancient times, there was a man named Su PI, who was born in Qingzhou of Song Dynasty. He was the number one scholar in Jianlong four years of song Taizu. When he was a teenager, he failed to pass the exam. He walked away and said, "it's easiest to be a hero." That is to say: the test is the most easily frustrating, destroy the heroic spirit of things. The idiom "heroism is short of breath" evolved from here.
Idiom usage
Subject predicate; as object; with derogatory meaning. Example 1. If you do something rash, it will make the hero short of breath. Who is willing to contribute for the country! Chapter 23 of the complete biography of Shuoyue by Qing qiancai. Chapter 120 of three heroes and five righteousness
Chinese PinYin : yīng xióng qì duǎn
a good man caught in difficult circumstances
gnash the teeth with angry looks. chēn mù qiē chǐ
a loss may turn out to be a gain. běi sǒu shī mǎ