hang by a thread

hang by a thread

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is "Zhob ùǎ B ǎ ox ī", which means that you can't know what will happen at night or what will happen in the morning; it describes the situation as critical and unpredictable. From the petition.

The origin of Idioms

In Li Mi's Chen Qing Biao of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "people's lives are in danger, so we should never worry about it."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as predicate and attributive; to describe a critical situation. Example Zuo Qiuming's Zuo Zhuan Zhao A.D According to Tian Lanfang's epitaph of Yuan Gong (yuan Ke Li sun) in Chuxiong Prefecture of Yunnan Province in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that after Chen kaihuang's sacrifice, the village became ruins. Although there are several families in the western mountain, they are precarious this notice caused a sensation in the whole city of Gushi. It seemed that I forgot that I was in a dangerous city and was in danger. (the first volume of the history of the palace of the Qing Dynasty by Gao Yang) at that time, the whole family relied on their father to mend shoes to maintain a precarious life, so they naturally did not pay attention to housing. (the third paragraph) looking for Andersen (Ye Ting)

Idiom story

Story 1: in the fourth year of King zhoujing, King zhoujing sent his envoy, Mr. Liu Dinggong, to meet with Zhao Wu, the Prime Minister of the state of Jin. Mr. Liu Dinggong praised Zhao Wu, who was a powerful man at that time, and Zhao Wu said: "we steal food. We are in danger. What is our strength?" It implies that the power struggle of Jin state was fierce at that time, and people were in danger. Now he was just muddling along and living precariously. When he woke up in the morning, he didn't know if he could live at night, so how could he make contributions to the country. Story 2 after Emperor Wu of Jin unified the whole country, he carried out "rule the world with filial piety", advocated filial piety to parents and respect for the elderly. He wanted to use the Western Shu minister Lang Li Mi, so he issued an imperial edict to appoint Li Mi as a doctor. Li mi didn't want to be an official, so he wrote a petition, saying that he and his grandmother depended on each other, and that his grandmother's life was precarious. He would come out to be an official after serving her.