ruin one 's figure and destroy one 's disposition through grief
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ǐ x í ngmi è x ì ng, which means to destroy the body and nature. From journey to the West.
The origin of Idioms
The ninth fold of Yang Jingxian's journey to the West in Yuan Dynasty: "great sage of heaven, you were destroyed. The old monk saved you. This time, I will rest my heart. I have a Dharma name for you, the monkey king. "
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; used of things.
Examples
At this time, if you take advantage of the gap, you can get it. Why do you want to destroy your form and nature in order to help them? The eighty fourth chapter of Eastern Zhou Dynasty annals by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : huǐ xíng miè xìng
ruin one 's figure and destroy one 's disposition through grief
keep up appearances and be wasteful. pū zhāng yáng lì
parade with beautiful dress at night. yì jǐn yè xíng
every order is executed without fail. lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
punish one as a warning to a hundred. fěng yī quàn bǎi
eat the soft and spit out the hard -- bully the good-natured and fear the ferocious. rú róu tǔ gāng