hopeless situation(kū yú zhī sì)

hopeless situation

Dried fish restaurant, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ū y ú zh ī s ì, which means a shop selling dried fish and refers to a hopeless situation. It comes from Chuang Tzu's foreign things.

Analysis of Idioms

An antonym

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's foreign things says, "I can live by the water of fighting. That's what you said. It's better to ask me to be free from the danger of withered fish."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to be derogatory. When an emissary meets a ghost, he will indulge himself. In less than half a year, he will be able to find you. Ji Yun's notes on Yuewei thatched cottage in Qing Dynasty. Yuan Zhen's biography of Yingying in Tang Dynasty: "if you marry because of the matchmaker's family and ask for your name, you will ask for me in three months! 」

Idioms and allusions

In Chuang Tzu's foreign things, the original text says, "when Zhou came yesterday, he called for the middle way. In the rut of Zhou Gu's inspection, there are fish. Zhou Wenzhi said, "here comes the fish! What is the evil of Zi? " He said to him, "I am the boschen of the East China Sea. Do you have the chance to fight for advancement and live for me? " Zhou said, "Nuo, I'm going to visit the king of Wu and Yue in the south, and I'm going to welcome my son by exciting the water of Xijiang River." The fish said angrily: '" I've got the water to fight for advancement, but I'm alive. You said that. It's better to ask me to do it as soon as possible. " The later reason is allusion, which is used to describe predicament and hopelessness. Chuang Tzu's family was very poor, so he went to borrow grain from the Marquis of Jianhe. "Good," he said. When I get the rent, I'll lend you three hundred dollars, OK? " Chuang Tzu was a little angry when he saw that the Marquis of Jianhe didn't want to borrow food immediately. His face changed and he said, "when I came here yesterday, I heard a voice calling me on the road. I looked back and saw a crucian carp in the ruts run over by the wheels. " I asked, "crucian carp, what are you doing here?" The crucian carp said, "I am a minister of the East China Sea. Do you have a bucket or a liter of water to save me? " I said: 'good. Can I persuade the king of Wu and Yue to dig a canal and bring the water from the Yangtze River to your rescue? " Crucian carp said angrily: "now I'm trapped here. I only need a bucket or a liter of water to live. If you say so, why don't you go to the dry fish shop earlier and find me! "

Chinese PinYin : kū yú zhī sì