dead-alive
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ū m ù s ǐ Hu ī, which means extremely negative and pessimistic. It comes from Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun.
Idiom explanation
Dead ash: cold ash remaining after combustion. Body like dead wood, heart like ashes. The metaphor is extremely negative and pessimistic.
Idioms and allusions
It comes from Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun: "can the form be solid as hangmu, and the heart be solid as dead ash?"
Although there are many examples, the shallow ones are just like the ears. (Yu Ying Zhong Shi Shu by Chen Liang in Song Dynasty)
If we say that he sees things well, his heart will be the same, and he will not move at all, and his heart will be too cold, let alone unreasonable. The ninth chapter of biography of children heroes by Wen Kang in Qing Dynasty
Discrimination of words
Usage: combined; as object and attribute
Chinese PinYin : kū mù sǐ huī
dead-alive
Monofilament does not form thread. dān sī bù chéng xiàn
A traitor is like a fox. jiān tóng guǐ yù,xíng ruò hú shǔ
two blind men support each other. liǎng gǔ xiāng fú
appoint people on their merit. jìn xián rèn néng
strategically located places. bǎi èr shān chuān