make things worse by repeated delays(yī wù zài wù)

make things worse by repeated delays

Again and again, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī w ù Z à IW ù, which means mistakes again and again, describes repeated delays or mistakes. It comes from the history of the Song Dynasty, the biography of Wei Wangting.

The origin of Idioms

In the history of Song Dynasty, the biography of the Wei King's Court: "Taizong visited Zhao Pu with the intention of spreading the country. Pu said, "Taizu has made a mistake. How can your majesty make another mistake?"

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used to admonish. Chapter 125 of the popular romance of the Republic of China written by Cai Dongfan: "I used to rely on my own force and made mistakes again and again, but I died in poverty."

Idiom story

In the Northern Song Dynasty, song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin obeyed his mother's order and passed the throne to his third younger brother Zhao Guangyi, namely Song Taizong. Zhao Tingmei, the king of Wei, was the next candidate. He seemed to be in a hurry. Emperor Taizong asked Prime Minister Zhao Pu how to deal with it. Zhao Pu said that it would be a mistake again and again to pass on a younger brother instead of a son. Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty took Zhao Tingmei to exile.

Chinese PinYin : yī wù zài wù