be of no help
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Qi ā NLU ó B ǔ w ū, which means to take the vine to mend the loophole of the house. Originally described as living in poverty, move east to make up for West. I'll make do with it later. It comes from the poem beauty by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty wrote the poem "beautiful woman:" maidservants sell pearls back, and lead the carrots to mend the cottage. "
Idiom usage
It is common for people to live in hardship. Pu Songling's strange stories from a lonely studio
Chinese PinYin : qiān luó bǔ wū
be of no help
a mirage , insubstantial objects. jìng huā shuǐ yuè
be accustomed to normal order and live in favourable circumstances. ān cháng chǔ shùn