one 's fate is sealed(fǔ zhōng yóu yú)

one 's fate is sealed

Fish in the pot, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ǔōō ngy ó uy ú, which means fish swimming in the pot; it refers to people in a desperate situation; it also refers to things about to die. It comes from the biography of Zhang Gang in the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Zhang Gang in the book of the later Han Dynasty by Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is said that "if you are swimming in the pot, you can breathe in a moment."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to something about to die.

Examples

His situation is like a fish in the pot.

Idiom story

During the period of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Ying gathered people to kill the cruel governor of Guangling and moved to Yangzhou and Xuzhou. The imperial court had nothing to do with him. Liang Ji, the general, appointed Zhang Gang as the prefect of Guangling. Zhang Gang took the initiative to lead the rebel army to surrender by means of appeasement. Zhang Ying said that the uprising could not endure the oppression of the former prefect, and it could not last long.

Chinese PinYin : fǔ zhōng yóu yú