stagger forward and back
It is a Chinese idiom with the pronunciation of Qi á NY ǎ NGH ò uh é, which means that the body can't support itself by shaking back and forth. It is used to describe being too drunk or laughing or too sleepy to stand up. It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.
Idiom usage
The crowd laughed more and more. A dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty chapter 42
The origin of Idioms
The 40th chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua, written by Xiaosheng of Lanling in Ming Dynasty: "put Li Ping'er's smile back and forth."
Chinese PinYin : qián yǎng hòu hé
stagger forward and back
be neither relative nor friend. fēi qīn fēi gù
the principle of friendship will not admit of a refusal. yì bù gǎn cí
square accounts in every detail. jīn jīn jì jiào