be nearing exhaustion(zài shuāi sān jié)
be nearing exhaustion
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is Z à ishu à is à NJI é, which means that the army has gradually lost its spirit at the beginning and its combat effectiveness is getting weaker and weaker. It comes from Zuozhuan, the tenth year of zhuanggong.
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym is in the ascendant
The origin of Idioms
In Zuozhuan zhuanggong's ten years written by Zuo Qiuming in the pre Qin period, it is said that "when a man fights, he has courage. If you work hard, you'll lose again, and you'll be exhausted three times. "
Idiom usage
It has a derogatory meaning and is often used to describe low morale. By the time Hitler arrived, his attacks on Stalingrad and the Caucasus had failed. Mao Zedong's the turning point of the Second World War
Chinese PinYin : zài shuāi sān jié
be nearing exhaustion
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