neither dead nor alive(bù sǐ bù huó)

neither dead nor alive

Neither dead nor alive, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù s ǐ B ù Hu ó, which means dead or alive. Describe not angry or embarrassed. From Zhu Zi Yu Lei.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: half dead; antonym: full of vitality

Idiom usage

What are you busy shopping for? How nice it is to send me a message first, so that people can look forward to it? The third chapter of Liu e's the sequel of Lao Can's travels in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Xi's Zhu Zi Yu Lei of Song Dynasty, Volume 48: "although Ji Zi did not die, he died again, but he was imprisoned. It's hard to deal with this position."

Chinese PinYin : bù sǐ bù huó