beat a retreat in the face of difficulties(zhī nán ér tuì)

beat a retreat in the face of difficulties

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ī n á n é RTU ì, which originally means to fight according to the situation and not to do what is impossible. When you know something is difficult, you step back. It comes from the twelfth year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan.

The origin of Idioms

In Zuo Zhuan, the 28th year of Duke Fu: "the military annals says," if you promise, you will return. " He also said, "retreat in the face of difficulties." He also said, "virtue is invincible." These three aspirations are called "Jin"

Idiom usage

Especially because there are three or four "noisy guests" in that level, the English teacher has to. Zou Taofen's experience: the problem of a new job? In his early years, Balzac's mother, in order to destroy Aizi's will to play with words, painstakingly rented a terrible attic for him in a poor lane of Paris. It was expected that he would soon retreat. Today, the financial secretary instructed the HKMA to use the exchange fund to take appropriate actions in the stock and futures markets, which will increase the cost of speculators. I hope they will step back. "If this is not as good as the enemy, avoid it.". The so-called "make progress when you can see it, and retreat when you are faced with difficulties.". Wu Zi · Liao di

Chinese PinYin : zhī nán ér tuì