all is thrown into the eastward flowing stream(jìn fù dōng liú)

all is thrown into the eastward flowing stream

It's a Chinese idiom,

Pinyin J ì NF ù D ō ngli ú,

It is interpreted as the complete loss or abandonment of previous achievements.

Entry

all is thrown into the eastward flowing stream

Pinyin

jìnfùdōngliú

Citation explanation

The metaphor is completely lost or abandoned. Tang · Gao Shi's poem "Fengqiu Zuo" said: "in order to make things happen, we should make every effort to make things go east." Chapter 34 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "if you get them like this, you can't feel sorry even if your whole career goes to waste." The 79th chapter of the romance of awakening the world written by Xi Zhou Sheng in Qing Dynasty: "the fate is exhausted, and the former friendship will be ruined, and it will become hatred." Mao Dun's midnight 8: I've been an official for ten years, and I've lost everything!

usage

As a predicate or attributive

Chinese PinYin : jìn fù dōng liú