approach death(xíng jiāng jiù mù)

approach death

Dying, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x í ngji ā ngji ù m ù, meaning that a person is about to die and is about to enter the coffin. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the 23rd year of Duke Fu.

The origin of Idioms

In the 23rd year of Duke Fu in Zuozhuan: "I've been married for 25 years. If I marry like this, I will die."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: withered trees and decayed plants, dying, oil exhausted, lamp withered, wind and candle withered; [antonym]: thriving, thriving; [lantern riddle]: truss; oar

Idiom usage

I'm going to die, but I'm dying in my old age. The 25th chapter of the history of pain by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

At the beginning of the spring and Autumn period, the state of Jin annexed some neighboring small vassal states and became a big country. At that time, the old monarch Jin Xian Gong favored his concubine Li Ji and planned to let her son succeed her in the future. He listened to Li Ji's bad words and forced the prince Shen Sheng to death. Li Ji also wanted to frame Shen Sheng's two elder brothers, Chonger and Yiwu. They had to run away. Chong Er fled to his fiefdom Pucheng first, and Jin soldiers came after hearing the news. Pucheng people to resist, Chonger persuade them not to do so, and fled to di country. He went with his uncle Hu Yan, and Zhao Shuai and others. Di Kingdom sent troops to attack a tribe, captured Shu Yi and Ji Yi, and then gave them to Chong er. Chong Er married Ji Kai and gave birth to two children, Bo Tiao and Shu Liu. He married SHU Kai to Zhao Shuai and gave birth to a child named Zhao dun. Later, a bad news came from the secret of Jin State: the Lord of Jin State wanted to send someone to assassinate Chonger. It turned out that Yiwu, the son who fled with Chonger, returned to the state of Jin with the help of the power of the state of Qin after the death of Xiangong, and was known as the Duke of Jin Hui in history. He was afraid that his elder brother Chong Er would return home to fight for the throne, and sent an assassin to kill Chong er. After hearing the news, Chong Er decided to flee to the state of Qi. The night before he left, he said to his wife Ji Kai, "Yiwu sent someone to kill me. I plan to flee to Qi again. You stay here to raise your children. When I don't come back for 25 years, you can get married again. " Ji Kai replied sadly, "I'm 25 years old. In another 25 years, I'll be in the coffin. Who else will I marry! I've been waiting for you. " When Chong Er arrived in the state of Qi, Duke Huan of Qi married a girl named Jiang to him and gave him 20 carts driven by four horses. Chong Er is satisfied with this kind of life, but the people who follow him think that he should not stay here all the time. Jiang also thinks Chong Er should leave. After discussing with Hu Yan, she drunk Chong ER and took him out of Qi. When they went to the states of Cao, song, Zheng and Chu, they were not accepted. Later, when he came to the state of Qin, Duke mu of Qin warmly accepted them and married his five daughters to Chonger. Just this year, Yiwu fell ill and died. Qin Mugong sent his army to escort Chong'er back to the state of Jin and ascended the throne, which was known as Jin Wengong in history.

Chinese PinYin : xíng jiāng jiù mù