feel like a willow withering at the approach of autumn(pú liǔ zhī zī)

feel like a willow withering at the approach of autumn

Pu liuzhizi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ú Li ǔ zh ī Z ī, which means a polite saying used to call oneself weak. It comes from the new words of the world.

Idiom explanation

Pu Liu: both Pu and Liu hope to wither first in autumn, which leads to premature aging. The old adage of calling oneself weak.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in the new sayings of the world: the posture of the willows and the pines and cypresses falls in the autumn; the quality of the pines and cypresses grows luxuriantly through frost

Idiom usage

An example of Tang Dufu's Shangshui reminiscence: "the lonely boat is in disorder in spring, and the dusk teeth are in accordance with the willows." In the withered palm written by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "the first willow to wither is to cross the cross and collect the weight of the axe." "Pu Liu is perishable, but elk is hard to tame." Tang Xianzu of Ming Dynasty wrote the fifth: "students are ashamed of Pu Liu's posture and dare to annoy Tao Li's teaching." Tang LuLun's "traveling with Cui Shilang to WANGU Temple" says: "the talented man of the wind and the cloud is thinking of you, and old man puliu is melancholy." song Lu You's "Shu Zhi" poem: "in previous years, when I went out of the capital, I swore that the epitaph had been decided. Kuang today's PU Liu posture, he Yang and big old Zhao Yi's poem "laojing" in the Qing Dynasty: "the decline of my Pu and Liu proves that GE and Teng are broken." Guo Moruo's Hai Tao Ji before leaving Shanghai: "why is a writer always a pale face, always the so-called talent of Pu Liu?"

Chinese PinYin : pú liǔ zhī zī