strain every nerve

strain every nerve

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǔ g ō ngzh ī L ì, which means all one's strength; it describes doing everything one can. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the ninth year of Duke Fu.

Idiom explanation

Thigh: thigh and arm.

The origin of Idioms

Zuo Zhuan, the ninth year of the Duke of Fu, said: "I tried my best to be loyal. If the emperor's spirit is to help him, he will help him with death. "

Idiom usage

I've done my best. The first chapter of Liang Qichao's Mo Xue Wei: "the reason why the senior officials of Qing Dynasty have exhausted their efforts to think about it." In the biography of Zhuge Liang in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that "the minister did not dare to exert all his strength, followed by death, following the rule of loyalty."