hung up by the heels
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Ji à D à oxu á n, which means like a person hanging upside down. It means to save a person from danger. From Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang: "nowadays, the benevolent government of Wancheng and the people's happiness are still hanging."
Idiom usage
As a predicate, adverbial; refers to the difficulty. To save Handan is like lifting one's hands. How can we not send the soldiers. (Hu Wenhuan, Ming Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : rú jiě dào xuán
hung up by the heels
have grandiose aims but puny abilities. yǎn gāo shǒu dī
advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step. bù bù wéi yíng
A delayed remedy does not help in an emergency. yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ