go hither and thither to call for
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ē NZ ǒ uh ū h á o, which means running and calling at the same time. It describes asking for help when in trouble. It comes from the complete book of Wang Wencheng, the article of praying for rain in Nanzhen.
Notes on Idioms
Run: run. Call sign: shout.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Shouren of Ming Dynasty, Volume 25 of Wang wenchenggong's Complete Book: praying for rain in Nanzhen: the local officials and their officials were running around calling for help, praying and asking for help.
Idiom usage
It means to attract people's attention. The brave people, once they saw the conditions of the 21st century, thought that there was a terrible omen for their country's subjugation, so they rushed to save it. ——The forty second chapter of the popular romance of the Republic of China
Chinese PinYin : bēn zǒu hū háo
go hither and thither to call for
a marriage between families of equal social rank. mén dāng hù duì
Go into the mountains and cross the sea. tóu shān cuàn hǎi