withered trees and rotten stumps
Pan mu kuizhu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p á nm ù Xi ǔ zh ū, which means rotten wood without success. It refers to inferior wood. It comes from the book of later Han Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As subject, object, attribute; referring to inferior material.
The origin of Idioms
"After the Han Dynasty, follow the history of Mencius taste:" Pan Mu rotten trees, for the use of all, around for the tolerance ear. If a king chooses a scholar, he should be among the most valuable. "
Chinese PinYin : pán mù xiǔ zhū
withered trees and rotten stumps
in cockfighting and horse racing. dòu jī zǒu mǎ
The nation is based on the people. bāng yǐ mín wéi běn
show love and respect as good brothers should. xiōng yǒu dì gōng
brave all possible difficulties. dǎo huǒ fù tāng