not acclimatized
Not used to water and soil, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù x í Shu ǐ t ǔ, which means it can't adapt to a place's climate conditions or eating habits. It comes from the biography of Wu Zhi and Zhou Yu in the annals of the Three Kingdoms.
The origin of Idioms
Chen Shou's biography of Wu Zhi and Zhou Yu in the annals of the Three Kingdoms in the Jin Dynasty said, "if you drive the Chinese scholars to travel in the rivers and lakes, they will get sick if they are not used to the land and water."
Idiom usage
When he came to the south, he was not used to soil and water.
Analysis of Idioms
I'm not used to it
not accustomed to the climate of a new place
wear a funeral face as if newly bereft of both parents - ruò sàng kǎo bǐ
an orphan-calf injures the nursing cow -- ingratitude - gū dú chù rǔ
sacrifice oneself to protect others - shě jǐ wèi rén