relegate to limbo
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ǎ R ù L ě NGG ō ng, which means that people are not valued or put things aside.
Idiom explanation
Cold palace: the ancient emperors put the out of favor concubines under house arrest in a lonely palace.
Idiom usage
Not to be taken seriously. She has been put in the cold.
relegate to limbo
Self abandonment and self violence - zì qì zì bào
looked like a man who was drunk or dreaming - rú zuì rú mèng
a cicada 's head and a moth 's eyebrows -- a beautiful woman - qín shǒu ér méi
console oneself with false hopes - shuō méi zhǐ kě
A scholar prefers death to humiliation - shì kě shā bù kě rǔ
Send a letter from a wild goose - jì yàn chuán shū