Feng tangtoubai
Feng tangtoubai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f é NGT á NGT ó UB á I, which means to feel sorry for his untimely birth or old age. From Deng Nanhai post tower.
Idiom explanation
[interpretation]: Feng Tang of Han Dynasty experienced three dynasties. When he arrived at Emperor Wu, he was regarded as a virtuous man, but he was too old to be an official. The same as "Feng Tang Yi Lao".
Idioms and allusions
[source]: Wang Guangyang's poem "climbing Nanhai Post Tower" in the Ming Dynasty: "Feng Tang's head Bai has a lot of feelings, leaning all over Tiannan baichi tower."
Feng tangtoubai
One crab is better than another - yī xiè bù rú yī xiè
live just for the sake of remaining alive - cǎo jiān qiú huó
with a bloody nose and a swollen face - bí qīng liǎn zhǒng