flee helter-skelter(rú niǎo shòu sàn)

flee helter-skelter

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Ni à OSH à us à n, meaning to flee like a frightened bird or beast. It comes from the biography of Li Ling in the history of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Beast: beast.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's biography of Li Ling in the book of Han states: "today, there are no soldiers to fight again, no ming to sit and be bound, like birds and beasts scattered, and there are still those who can take off and return to the emperor."

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial with derogatory meaning. It refers to people's Diaspora. It means to escape and break up. It is often contemptuous. The object of statement is mostly the army, government, group or organization. The soldiers in Guangdong are weak, and they will be defeated when they see them. The fourth chapter of Wang Junqing's cold eye view: the women at the same table were all in a hurry to clean up the cups and dishes on the table. In a twinkling, the wolf ran away like a bird and beast, and the room was suddenly dark. Only he and his wife were left to explore each other secretly. Guo Moruo's Zheng Chenggong: according to the experience of plucking ghosts, we don't need field guns to fight Chinese people - how can we use ox knives to cut chickens? To serve the Chinese, as long as a shot with a shotgun, they have fallen to the ground, such as birds and beasts scattered, all surrender. Mao Zedong's farewell to Leighton Stuart: when the people's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River, the American colonial government in Nanjing was scattered like birds and beasts. when a stock falls with a significant bad interest, the main force and retail investors are eager to sell the stock and leave the market. The people's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River, and the American colonial government in Nanjing was scattered like birds and beasts.

Idiom story

This story comes from the biography of Li Ling in the book of Han Dynasty: Ling sighed: "today there is no army to fight again, and tomorrow I will be bound! When all birds and beasts are scattered, there are still those who return to the son of heaven. The idiom "birds and beasts scattered" also evolved from this. One year, Li Ling was sent by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty to fight against Xiongnu. Li Ling's troops met with Xiongnu Danyu's troops in Junji mountain. Li Ling was besieged by Shan Yu's 30000 cavalry troops. Li Ling ordered Han Army troops to line up outside the camp. Shan Yu saw that Han Army troops were very few, so he led 80000 cavalry troops to attack Han army. Li Ling fought and retreated. Because he was outnumbered, he had to retreat to a narrow canyon. At this time, the Han army suffered heavy casualties and was unable to move forward. They blocked them in the valley and attacked them with sticks and stones. At this time, Li Ling ordered to put down the flag and bury the valuable things in the ground. He said to all the soldiers: we still have dozens of arrows. Don't wait until dawn to be captured. Let's all run for our lives. It's a good thing that someone can go back and report to the emperor. Li Ling gave each of them two liters of grain and a piece of ice. After midnight, he told everyone to go away. He galloped out of the valley on horseback alone. He took thousands of cavalry to chase him. Later, Li Ling was captured alone.

Chinese PinYin : rú niǎo shòu sàn