the continuation is only held by a silken thread

the continuation is only held by a silken thread

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù Ju é R ú f à, which means to describe a critical situation, like a hair almost broken. It comes from the biography of Liu Dan, the Yanci king in the history of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Han Dynasty, the biography of Liu Dan, the king of Yanci, it is said that "in the early days, zhulv conspired against the emperor, and Liu's family continued to grow."

Idiom usage

It refers to the current situation. For more than ten years, the Xiongnu had been in chaos, and it was not easy to get rid of it. Biography of Xiongnu