A sudden drop in the ears
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ǎ n ě Rd ù NZ ú, which means to hold the ear with your hand and hold the ground with your feet. I don't know what to do. From memory.
The origin of Idioms
The first volume of Wang Zhi's memoirs in Song Dynasty: "Zhang Li saw it behind the screen, and his ears were shocked."
Idiom usage
As a predicate or adverbial; used of a person's predicament.
Analysis of Idioms
Scratch the ear and scratch the cheek
Chinese PinYin : yǎn ěr dùn zú
A sudden drop in the ears
unequalled or peerless in the whole country. hǎi nèi wú shuāng
The blind man holds the candle. máng rén bǎ zhú