miss this and that
The Chinese idiom, the Pinyin for DIUS à NW à ngs à, means to describe careless work, either to lose this or to forget that. From a dream of Red Mansions.
Idioms and allusions
The seventh chapter of a dream of Red Mansions: "I am confused now! It's not so much like the first one to make people complain. "
Idiom usage
She often forgets everything and breaks things. The highland barley is fried in the pot. The milk can't be squeezed clean. She even loses her knife when cutting grass. Liu Ke's Yangjin
miss this and that
recover one 's original simplicity ; return to one 's original nature - fǎn pǔ guī zhēn
The past does not mend the present - bù fǎ gǔ bù xiū jīn
live in straitened circumstances - chuò shū yǐn shuǐ
The river is clear and the river is muddy - jīng qīng wèi zhuó