It's not going to last
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù C ú Nb ù J ì, which means unable to support, unable to stand, unable to make ends meet. It's from the west chamber, zhugongdiao.
Analysis of Idioms
Half dead but not alive
The origin of Idioms
Jin dongjieyuan's "Xixiangji zhugongdiao" Volume 7: "if it doesn't exist, it's hard to save. If it's fragrant and thin, it'll teach me to linger."
Idiom usage
I can't bear it. If you are an old businessman, I will die a thousand times. --Yuan Dynasty: Wu Mingshi's "enemy creditor"
Chinese PinYin : bù cún bù jì
It's not going to last
sacrifice the interests of the country to pay respect to the privileged. bài ēn sī shì
very much ruffled , one sputters one 's words. jí yán nù sè
The people of the Yuan Dynasty. yuán yuán zhī mín