Turtle cold bed

Turtle cold bed

Turtle cold bed, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ī L ě ngzh ī Chu á ng, which means to live in seclusion and wait for the time. It comes from Sima Qian's on Chu Shaosun in historical records.

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for staying in seclusion and waiting for the time when one's ambition is unfulfilled.

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: ambition without reward

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records: on Chu Shaosun in the biography of GUI Ce: "the old people in the South use the turtle to support their feet on the bed. When they are more than 20 years old, they die and move the bed, but the turtle is still alive."

Idiom explanation

It refers to living in seclusion and waiting for time.