eat one's heart out(yōu xīn rú fén)

eat one's heart out

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ō UX ī NR ú f é n, which means that the heart is as worried as fire; it describes very worried and anxious. From the book of songs Xiaoya jienanshan.

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Xiaoya · jienanshan": "I'm so worried that I dare not talk about it."

Analysis of Idioms

[antonym] elated, ecstatic, overjoyed

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attribute and adverbial to express people's anxiety. Examples 1. Three Kingdoms · Wei · Cao Zhi's Shi Chou Wen: "to be sad, sing along the road, describe withered, worried." 2. In Tang Dynasty, Lu Zhi's "locust avoiding the main hall, descending and exempting the prisoner's virtue and sound system", it is said that "I am so worried that I am deeply responsible." 3. In the book of the old Tang Dynasty, the first chapter of the Dezong annals: "I'm so worried that I'm deeply responsible." (4) in the 80th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty, Cao Pi abolished the emperor and usurped the throne of King Liu and Han in Yan Dynasty and continued the grand unification: Kong Ming replied, "I'm so worried that I'll die soon!" 5. Wenzongji, a draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty: "the two sides of Dagu are in danger. I understand you are worried." 5. Chapter 20 of Wei Wei's "the East" part 4: "especially when he didn't eat a mouthful of rice, his mother was very worried."

Idiom story

In 781 BC, king you of Zhou Dynasty succeeded to the throne. He was extravagant, extravagant and fatuous. He increased taxes and increased the burden of the people, so they had to be displaced. Seeing this political situation, the minister's father was very worried. He wrote a poem to admonish king you of Zhou, hoping to lighten the burden of the people and let them recuperate. King you of Zhou ignored this.

Chinese PinYin : yōu xīn rú fén