at one 's wits ' end(wú shǔ jì qióng)

at one 's wits ' end

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ú sh ǔ J ì Qi ó ng, which means that the ability of metaphor is limited. It comes from Xunzi's persuasion.

Notes on Idioms

Chinese hamster: that is "flying squirrel", which is the mistake of key mouse.

The origin of Idioms

Xunzi's persuasion: "a Teng snake flies without feet, and a phoenix is poor with five skills."

Idiom usage

The ability to refer is limited.

Idiom story

Teng snake is a kind of dragon. It has no feet, but it can fly in the clouds and travel in the air. While Wu rat has five skills, it can't do any of them. although there are many skills, if they are not proficient and have no expertise, they are still useless. "Wu" means "glider". Also known as "the five skills of the Phoenix". The only skill of metaphor has been used up, and there is no other way. It is called "the Phoenix is poor", which is similar to "the Qian donkey is poor". However, "Qianlu" also has the meaning of seemingly powerful. As for what kind of animal is the chinchilla, there are different opinions in ancient times. Some people say that the Chinese hamster is the flying squirrel. In the Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian wrote a poem: "the five skill flying squirrel laughs at the clumsy dove.". According to Erya, the flying squirrel is similar to a squirrel in shape, with a long tail and a flying membrane beside its abdomen. At present, it can fly on the tree from the wrist of its limbs to the tarsi of its hind limbs. Some people say that the so-called "five skills of a Chinese hamster" is actually a Chinese hamster, mistakenly written as a "flying squirrel" and then mistakenly written as a "Chinese hamster". Shuowen refers to the rat as the "rat of five skills", and its "five skills" are: "can fly, can't cross the house, can edge, can't poor wood, can swim, can't cross the valley, can't cover the body, can walk, can't ancestors." However, some people said, "is not a rat a big rat?"? Wei Feng in the book of songs has a poem called Shuo Mo: "Shuo Mo, Shuo Mo, I have no food for millet..." Shuo rat is a kind of big mouse. It has not been heard that it can fly, and there is no "five skills". "Gu Jin Zhu" said: "mole cricket, a day mole, a hen, a rat. There are five skills that can't be accomplished: one can't fly through the house, two can't be poor, three can't cross the valley, four can't recover, and five can't walk away. " Yes, mole crickets do have these five skills. It turns out that the so-called "rat of five skills" is mole cricket. In this way, the combination of gujinzhu and Shuowen can be fully explained. According to Zhu Junsheng's Shuowen Tongxun Dingsheng in the Qing Dynasty, the so-called "Wu rat" in Xunzi · quanxue is considered by some as "Yu rat", while others write "Shuo rat", but it is not the kind of Shuo rat mentioned in the book of songs. We might as well add that the so-called "Wu rat" or "flying rat" in Xunzi · Quan Xue should be called "Yu rat" or "Shuo rat", but it is not Shuo rat as mentioned in the book of songs, but the alias of mole cricket; "five skill rat" is mole cricket.

Chinese PinYin : wú shǔ jì qióng