revert to one's former state
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ù t à if ù m é ng, which means that old habits or defects appear again. It comes from Yu He Ji Si Yin written by Mei Dingzuo in Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Mei Dingzuo of Ming Dynasty wrote in Yu He Ji Si Yin: "if you don't deceive your master, Han Lang will send a letter here. You don't feel that your old situation is reviving. It's hard to break the relationship."
Idiom usage
In Qing Dynasty, he was awarded the 17th chapter of the romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties: "it's just Qi Guoyuan and Li ruli, two rough people, who are back to their old ways. They beat some people down and squeeze them in to watch Yuanqing play."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: relapse
Chinese PinYin : jiù tài fù méng
revert to one's former state
mountains are high , torrents swift. shān gāo shuǐ xiǎn
The birds ambush the beasts. niǎo fú shòu qióng
being put in the grease , it does not get glossy -- incorruptible official. zhī gāo bù rùn
Soldiers come to the enemy, water comes to the earth. bīng lái jiàng dí,shuǐ lái tǔ yàn