To be dull with decay(nuò xiǔ mó dùn)

To be dull with decay

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Nu ò Xi ǔ m ó D ù n, which means that people with low ability are also encouraging for progress. From selected works Ban Gu's Dabin opera.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's "Dabin opera" in Wenxuan: "at this time, if you are dull, you can break a lead knife." Li Shanzhu quoted Wei Zhao as saying, "tetany, moye." Liu Liang's note: "decadence and dullness are people who are not talented, and tetany and grinding are self motivation. When it comes to this, those who are not talented are keen to get away with it, just as the knife of lead and tin can be cut

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing

Chinese PinYin : nuò xiǔ mó dùn