be in straits(huáng yáng è rùn)

be in straits

Huang Yang Er run is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Hu á ngy á ng è R ù n. according to the old legend, it is difficult for Huang Yang to grow. When it comes to a leap year, it will shorten instead of being long. It is a metaphor for a difficult situation. It comes from the four poems of Yu Kangzhi, a doctor in jiandongxiao palace.

Idiom explanation

Euonymus japonicus: the name of trees; adversity: hardship; leap: leap year.

The origin of Idioms

Su Shi of Song Dynasty wrote four poems about Yu Kangzhi's residence in jiandongxiao Palace: "there are countless plants and trees in the garden, only in the leap year of Huang Yange."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as object; metaphor of difficult situation. "Sorrow is like green grass growing in the spring, and the body is like the Yellow willow." (Liang Shaoren's essays on two kinds of Qiuyu nunnery in Qing Dynasty, Volume 5)

Chinese PinYin : huáng yáng è rùn