Catch Jin to expose elbow(zhuō jīn lù zhǒu)

Catch Jin to expose elbow

Zhuojinlu elbow, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ō J ī NL ù zh ǒ u, which means to show your elbow when you have a whole skirt; it is used to describe ragged clothes; it can be extended to take care of one thing and lose the other and be in a difficult situation. It comes from the collection of Jiao's Bicheng.

The origin of Idioms

Jiao Hong of Ming Dynasty wrote in the book of Jiao's pen riding, Mu Shu: "if you want to catch Jin and expose your elbow, who will pity Zixia's poverty."

Idiom usage

He is very poor.

Chinese PinYin : zhuō jīn lù zhǒu