dead ashes and dry sticks(sǐ huī kū mù)
dead ashes and dry sticks
Dead and haggard wood is a Chinese word, the pronunciation is s ǐ Hu ī g ǎ om ù, which means dead and haggard wood, cold ashes, withered trees. It means lifeless or depressed, indifferent to the world.
source
Zhuangzi's Qi Wu Lun: "can the solid form make you as haggard, and the solid heart make you as dead as ashes?" Guo Xiang of Jin Dynasty notes: "dead and haggard, take its lonely and heartless ear."
Examples
Do you know where I live? Quiet zhanran, there is no noise, tatran among them, with different but the same. Song Sushi's Guan Miao Tang Ji
usage
As an object, attribute, adverbial; used in figurative sentences
Chinese PinYin : sǐ huī kū mù
dead ashes and dry sticks
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so skillfully imitated as to be indistinguishable from the real
so skillfully imitated as to be indistinguishable from the real. wéi xiāo wéi miào
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attain the highest level in one step
attain the highest level in one step. píng bù dēng tiān
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being in an awkward position , one who has no corrupt practices , is liable to be under suspicion
being in an awkward position , one who has no corrupt practices , is liable to be under suspicion. wú sī yǒu bì
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