The Dragon twists and the snake stretches(lóng qū shé shēn)
The Dragon twists and the snake stretches
Longqusheshen, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ó ngq ū sh é sh ē n, which means that a gentleman is aggrieved and a villain is successful. It comes from the song of sending the snow Lord to plough Cangwu.
The origin of Idioms
Chen Gongyin of Qing Dynasty wrote the song of sending the snow Lord back to the ploughing Cangwu: "don't sigh when the feather is destroyed by Mao, the dragon is bent and the snake is stretched out from the end of time."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used of people
Chinese PinYin : lóng qū shé shēn
The Dragon twists and the snake stretches
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