run out of ammunition and food supplies

run out of ammunition and food supplies

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is d à NJ à NLI á ngju é. When the ammunition is used up, the grain is cut off. A dangerous situation in which a battle cannot be continued. It comes from the epitaph of Duke Zhao.

The origin of Idioms

Yang Wanli's epitaph of Zhao Gong under the jurisdiction of Qian in Song Dynasty: "the Duke stood up with his soldiers and won many victories. Seven years later, when food was exhausted and the situation was unable to recover, he led thousands of his troops to return to the south. "

Idiom usage

But he is running out of ammunition now. < ol > < li > I'm running out of ammunition now. < / Li > < li > why, in the end, we ran out of ammunition and food?