devastated(shěn yāo pān bìn)

devastated

Shen yaopan bin, a Chinese idiom, is sh ě NY ā op ā Nb ì n in pinyin, which means emaciation and aging. Shen refers to Shen Yue and pan refers to Pan Yue.

meaning

Shen Yao, Shen Yue became thin due to illness, and his belt became loose. According to the biography of Shen Yue in the book of Liang Dynasty, Shen Yue and Xu Mian were good friends, and then they expressed their feelings in Mian by writing, saying that they were old and ill, "in a few days, the leather belt should be moved to the hole, and the rate was less than half of the month. How can it last for a long time Later, Shen Yao was used as a synonym for waist circumference loss. Pan bin, also known as "Pan Gu", is a beautiful young man, but his hair is white in his thirties. Preface to Pan Yue's Qiuxing Fu: "there are two in the spring and Autumn period, and only two hairs can be seen." Later, "Pan bin" refers to the middle-aged with white hair.

Application examples

Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty wrote the poem "once he is a prisoner, Shen Yao and pan bin will pass away." Ming Wumingshi's "pomegranate flower · love" divertimento: "I only feel worried and bored for him. How can I get rid of this parting feeling and win Pan's waist."

Idiom usage

It can be used as an object or attribute to describe premature physical weakness.

Chinese PinYin : shěn yāo pān bìn