too scared to move(chóng zú ér lì)

too scared to move

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ó ngz ú é RL ì, which means standing on one's feet and not daring to step. Describe fear. It comes from Jia Yi's on crossing the Qin Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the Western Han Dynasty, Jia Yi's treatise on passing the Qin Dynasty, he said, "so that all the people in the world can listen, stand on their feet and shut their mouths."

Idiom story

During the Han Dynasty, Zhang Tang became a ting Wei because he changed the criminal law and decrees. The prince Xima Jian was very dissatisfied with him. He said that he did not try to reduce crime and make people live a rich life, but trapped people in crime. If this continues, people in the world will stand on their feet and look sideways. Therefore, Ji'an was released as the prefect of Huaiyin county

Idiom usage

The fourth volume of the new Annals of Yuzhao written by Wang Ming and Qing Dynasties in Song Dynasty: "threatening the recommending gentry, opening the door of criticizing, promoting the prison of luozhi, scholar bureaucrats ～." next sentence: stand on your feet and look sideways.

Chinese PinYin : chóng zú ér lì