plain and quiet
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m ù n è Gu ǎ y á n, which means to be simple and not good at speaking. From the biography of Ge Hong in the book of Jin.
The origin of Idioms
"Ge Hongzhuan in the book of Jin:" he is a dull man who is not good at glory and profit. He closes the door but sweeps away. He never makes friends with others
Idiom usage
This question made Jing Shou a little frightened. Obviously, the queen took the story of Kangxi killing aobai as a warning. Gao Yang's four stories of Cixi
Chinese PinYin : mù nè guǎ yán
plain and quiet
be helpless and in the greatest straits. jì qióng lǜ jìn
the broken stem of a floating duckweed -- wandering about. duàn gěng piāo píng