Lose heart
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ū t ǐ Hu ī x ī n, meaning that the body is like a dead tree and the heart is like ashes. Describe extreme negativity. It's the same as "lose heart". It comes from Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun.
The origin of Idioms
In Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun, it is said that "the solid form can make you as haggard, while the solid heart can add dead ashes."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: withered and disheartened
Idiom usage
All thoughts are born out of the mind. If you lose heart, all diseases will disappear. Volume 94 of seven signatures of Cloud Collection by Zhang Junfang in Song Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : kū tǐ huī xīn
Lose heart
feel shame before heaven and fellow human beings. kuì tiān zuò rén
Take advantage of the situation. chéng shì shǐ qì