In spite of oneself

In spite of oneself

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f è Nb ù g ù sh ē n, meaning to move forward bravely, regardless of personal safety. The same as "desperate". It's from flowers in the mirror.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: be desperate for one's life and be afraid of death

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 37 of Jing Hua Yuan: "brother Lin, because of his feeling for the son of the world, brother Tang only knew that righteousness was the trend. He was so angry that he regarded the palace as a child's play."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicate, attributive, adverbial; it's going forward bravely.