be indecisive when decision is needed(dāng duàn bù duàn)

be indecisive when decision is needed

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à ngdu à Nb à Du à n, which means you can't make a decision when you should. It comes from historical records: Qi mourning Wang Shikong.

The origin of Idioms

In historical records, Qi mourned Wang Shikong: "we should be determined, but we should be disturbed."

Idiom story

Huang Xie, one of the "four gentlemen" in the Warring States period, helped King Qingxiang and King kaolie of Chu and became famous all over the world. King kaolie had no son. Li Yuan, a native of Zhao Dynasty, wanted to offer his sister to King kaolie but could not, so he offered it to Emperor Chunshen. Few people know about it. Soon after, Li Yuanmei got pregnant. Li Yuanmei and Chunshen cheated each other and offered Li Yuanmei to King kaolie, gave birth to a son and became the crown prince. Li Yuan was afraid that the matter would be exposed and plotted to kill Chunshenjun. Zhu Ying, Chunshenjun's aide, repeatedly reminded Chunshenjun to be wary of Li Yuan, but Chunshenjun didn't think so. When King kaolie died, Li Yuanguo made people assassinate Chun Shenjun. Sima Qian commented on Chunshenjun and said: we should be determined and not be disturbed.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: indecisive, forward-looking, indecisive, indecisive; Antonyms: decisive, resourceful

Idiom usage

It means not to make a decision when it's time to make a decision. The paragraph is too rigid and the Li is too soft. On the contrary, he is disturbed by it. The eighty first chapter of the popular romance of the Republic of China

Chinese PinYin : dāng duàn bù duàn