the wells are dry and the fences are dilapidated
Duanjing decaying yuan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du à NJ à ngtu í Yu á n, which means broken well fence and collapsed short wall. Describe the scene of a dilapidated courtyard. It comes from the Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu of Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty, the tenth: "it was so colorful that it seemed that it was ruined."
Idiom usage
It is a desolate and uninhabited scene. [example] However, how could it be scattered in such a field! Liang Qichao's diaogu of new Rome in Qing Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym ruins antonym prosperity
Chinese PinYin : duàn jǐng tuí yuán
the wells are dry and the fences are dilapidated
have an uninterrupted career of advancement. gān tóu zhí shàng
all over the mountains and plains. màn shān biàn yě
the breeze is light , the moon is bright. fēng qīng yuè lǎng
could not communicate between man and woman. shòu shòu bù qīn
Use the public against private interests. yǐ gōng miè sī