be completely cut off from each other , with no chance to meet(qīng chén zhuó shuǐ)

be completely cut off from each other , with no chance to meet

Qingchenmushui, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī ngch é nzhu ó Shu ǐ, which means that there is no hope of meeting because of the distance. From the poem of seven sorrows.

The origin of Idioms

The poem of seven sorrows written by Cao Zhi of the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms states: "you are like the dust on the road, and your concubine is like muddy cement. The ups and downs are different. When will you meet harmoniously?"

Idiom usage

There is no hope of meeting at a distance. Examples: lacquered donkey hide gelatin is so confused that it's hard to find a way out. A couplet between Tian Zhu and Xue Tao

Idiom story

[story] during the period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhi was very clever when he was young, and he often made a statement, which was deeply loved by Cao Cao. When Cao Cao saw that he was willful and disorderly, he did not establish his prince. After Cao Pi came to power, he did not trust him and always wanted to find a chance to get rid of him. Cao Zhi wanted to serve the country wholeheartedly, and wrote "seven sorrows poem": "if you are clear of the road dust, if you are muddy of cement, when will you join us?" [explanation] this is a poem about the sorrow of missing a woman. It describes the sorrow of missing a woman when she goes upstairs to look forward to her husband's return on a bright moon night. "Qing Lu Chen" is a metaphor for Zhengfu, while "Turbid cement" is a metaphor for the lyric protagonist. The two metaphors show that there is no way to meet each other. "Qing Lu Chen" is a metaphor for Cao Pi, and "Turbid cement" is a metaphor for himself, which shows that the flesh and blood relatives of "ups and downs with different potentials" can not meet. Later, he used "pure dust and muddy water" to describe people's different identities and situations, who were isolated from each other and unable to meet Taiwan. Li Changqi of Ming Dynasty wrote a couplet between Tian Zhu and Xue Tao: "why do you meet the pure dust and muddy water

Chinese PinYin : qīng chén zhuó shuǐ