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out on a limb

Time: 2022-01-31 00:10:07 Author: ChinaWiki.net

out on a limb

Helpless, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ū L ì w ú zh ù, which means that there is only one person or one side of the power, without external assistance. It comes from the biography of ban Chao in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: isolated and helpless antonym: support from all sides

Idiom usage

It is used as an adverbial or attributive. It is used as an example for people who belong to the family. Song Zhouhui's Qingbo magazine Volume 1

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of ban Chao in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "in the 18th year, when the emperor died, Yanqi lost his capital to protect Chen Mu because of China's great funeral, and Chao was isolated and helpless."

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