remnants of a rabble army(lǎo ruò cán bīng)

remnants of a rabble army

The old, the weak and the disabled, is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is l ǎ oru ò C á Nb ī ng, which originally refers to the old soldiers who have no combat ability. Nowadays, it is often used to refer to people with poor working ability due to old age, frailty and other reasons. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] withered trees and rotten trees, a disabled soldier and a defeated general

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 32 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "there is no food in the city, so we can send out the old and weak soldiers and women. They will not be prepared. I will attack them as soldiers after the common people."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's subject and object; it's derogatory. In the past, he refused to rob other people's business, especially those old and weak soldiers. How could he have their share in competing with them for seats with his body and his car? Lao She's "Camel Xiangzi" and Cai Dongfan's "Romance of the Qing Dynasty" are the second chapters: "everyone says that Manchuria is strong and powerful. Look at these old and weak soldiers, teach us a group of soldiers, and they have killed him. All the ministers can rest, and the master doesn't have to work."

Idioms and allusions

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shang attacked the plain, and Chen Lin stayed in Jizhou. Cao Cao took the opportunity to besiege Jizhou. Yuan Shang sent Li Fu, the commander, to attack Jizhou as Cao's army. When he saw that it was Li Fu, he agreed with him to use women and children and the old and weak soldiers to surrender Cao Cao. The main force went out of the city to fight with Cao Cao. Cao Cao saw through and Cao Cao took Jizhou.

Chinese PinYin : lǎo ruò cán bīng