emotional breakdown(shuǐ jìn é fēi)

emotional breakdown

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Shu ǐ J ì n é f ē I, which means that the water is exhausted and the goose flies away. It's a metaphor for the loss of kindness and nothing. From Wangjiang Pavilion by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of Wangjiang Pavilion written by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty: "if you don't wait for me, I'll break my mind. My eyebrows are in the South and in the north, so I can save water and make geese fly."

Idiom usage

I can see how much wealth and wealth are several times better than the tan family. In a moment, the light goes out and the fire goes out. (Chapter 32 of light on the wrong road by Li Lvyuan in Qing Dynasty)

Analysis of Idioms

Chicken flies, goose flies

Chinese PinYin : shuǐ jìn é fēi