from ruin(jiàn sǐ bù jiù)
from ruin
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à ns à B à Ji à, means to see someone in a hurry and not to rescue. It comes from the second part of saving the wind and dust by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing's the second fold of "save the wind and dust": "what you've done, you can't save your life now. You're ashamed to see the peach garden killing horses and killing black cattle."
Idiom usage
Elder brother Zhou Jin died in the hands of Kuomintang warlords and bureaucrats. Ouyang mountain's Three Alleys
Analysis of Idioms
Selfishness, wisdom and self preservation
Chinese PinYin : jiàn sǐ bù jiù
from ruin
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in a strange land , do as the natives do
in a strange land , do as the natives do. suí xiāng rù xiāng
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Advance the virtuous and retreat the traitor
Advance the virtuous and retreat the traitor. jìn xián tuì jiān
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be frightened out of one 's wits
be frightened out of one 's wits. dǎn liè hún fēi
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rush forward and backward to show anxiety to serve
rush forward and backward to show anxiety to serve. tuì hòu qū qián
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