in straitened circumstances(rì mù tú yuǎn)

in straitened circumstances

The Chinese idiom R ì m ù t ú Yu ǎ n means that it's hard to get to dusk, but it's still a long way from the destination. It is also used to describe a person's lament that he is in an extremely difficult situation in his late years, and that he has to go against the common sense. It comes from the biography of Wu Zixu in historical records.

Idiom explanation

Dusk: dusk; way: road.

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Wu Zixu in historical records: "I have a long way to go, so I go against it."

Analysis of Idioms

A long way to go

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; refers to helpless. Example: Yu Xin's Ode to the south of the Yangtze River in the Northern Zhou Dynasty: "the way is long at dusk, where is the world?" Tang Guanxiu's hard journey: you can't see the mountains and the sea, and people are unpredictable: hard journey, hard journey, long journey at dusk, lamenting in the sky. You don't see that there are parasitic branches in the trees near the road, green and gloomy, and prosperity and decline together. Chapter 77 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong and Cai Yuanfang in the Ming Dynasty: "loyalty and filial piety can't be perfected. I have a long way to go, so I go against Shi Er!" Li Dongyang of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the preface of Shouzhong zaiyin: "however, most of the early officials are not mediocre, and those who arrive late can't be without sighing about the future." In Qing Dynasty, independent Cang mang Zi's book of Tokyo scholars telling the villagers: "however, it's a long way to go to make this heart immortal. It can't be said that our country is vast in territory and abundant in resources, but it's not prosperous in the end.

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, King Ping of Chu believed in slander and killed the prince's Master Wu she and his eldest son Wu Shang. Wu she's other son, Wu Zixu, survived because he escaped quickly. Wu Zixu fled to the state of Wu and helped Helu, the king of Wu, seize the throne. Later, he helped the Wu army attack the state of Chu. At this time, King Ping of Chu was dead, but Wu Zixu still dug him out of the tomb and whipped him three hundred times to avenge his father and brother. Shen Baoxu hid in Yiling. When he learned that Wu Zixu had whipped his body, Shen Baoxu sent someone to accuse him of "taking revenge on his son."! I've heard that people are better than heaven, and heaven can break people. This son is the official of King Ping. He is pro north and does things. Now as for killing the dead, there is no way of heaven But Wu Zixu said, "thank you for me. Bao Xu said," I have a long way to go, so I went against it. " (i.e. the origin of the Idioms "sunset has a long way to go" and "perverse practice")

Chinese PinYin : rì mù tú yuǎn