Broken bamboo
Duan Luo Chi Chu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du à NJI à NCH à ch à, which means incomplete painting and calligraphy. It's from Hua Ji.
Notes on Idioms
Duan: incomplete picture frame; Chu: paper.
The origin of Idioms
"The collection of ancient paintings can be cherished if there is no paper left in it," Volume I of painting inheritance by Deng Chun of Song Dynasty
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in painting and calligraphy, etc. Examples: Nowadays, people often have their own paintings of plum blossom, broken bamboo, people fight for treasure, and many chapters have their own paintings on it. The diary of Shuidong · Wang Yuanzhang's plum painting by Ye Sheng in Ming Dynasty
Broken bamboo
Sleeping in the rain and eating in the wind - yǔ wò fēng cān
a snake 's head and a rat 's eyes - shé tóu shǔ yǎn
one 's crime deserves more than death - sǐ yǒu yú zhū
having maps on the left and history books on the right -- a home library - zuǒ tú yòu shǐ