at the mercy of nature(xiū duǎn suí huà)

at the mercy of nature

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Xi ū Du ǎ NSU í Hu à, which means the length of a person's life. From preface to Orchid Pavilion.

Notes on Idioms

Xiu: long; Hua: refers to nature, old refers to the master of nature, superstition refers to luck, destiny.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Xizhi's preface to the Orchid Pavilion collection in Jin Dynasty: "Kuang's short and random style is the end."

Chinese PinYin : xiū duǎn suí huà