he 's really not letting this go
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù y ī B ù R á o, describes the endless entanglement of unsuccessful requests. It's from three please Xue Rengui by Hao Yanxia and Wang Runsheng.
The source of the idiom is Hao Yanxia and Wang Runsheng's third chapter of "three requests for Xue Rengui": "Li and Liu Dahong come to the front hall in a hurry to intercede for Yinhuan. Liu Gang is reluctant. Li was in a hurry and said, "if you want to kill Yinhuan, I'll bump my head!"
he 's really not letting this go
plan to station troops permanently - zhù shì fǎn gēng
eat sparingly because of poverty - duàn jī kuài zhōu
roll up one 's sleeves and raise one 's fists to fight - xuān quán lǒng xiù