from the mire(shuǐ huǒ zhī zhōng)

from the mire

In the midst of fire and water, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Shu ǐ Hu ǒ zh ī zh ō ng, which means in the midst of disaster. It's from Mencius, King Liang Hui.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Xia: "today Yan abused his people, and the king proved it. The people thought that they would save themselves from fire and water."

Idiom usage

In adversity or distress

Examples

Now the people are here. (the 28th chapter of Feng Shen Yan Yi by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : shuǐ huǒ zhī zhōng