unable to get up after a fall(yī diē bù zhèn)

unable to get up after a fall

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is y ī di ē B ù zh è n, which means that you can't get up again after a setback. It's from Song ye mengde's record of summer vacation.

Idiom explanation

It's a metaphor to say that you can't cheer up after a setback. The same as "never recovered".

The origin of Idioms

Ye mengde of the Song Dynasty wrote in the book "notes on summer vacation": "Fang CILU was the prime minister. In the primitive chaos, although he had no great achievements, he had no obvious faults. It was not his crime to depose Gai. He fell and died. "

Idiom usage

To be defeated is to be defeated

Chinese PinYin : yī diē bù zhèn