Cold heart sells ambition

Cold heart sells ambition

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h á nx ī nxi ā ozh ì, which means worry. It comes from a letter to the king of Wu written by Zou Yang of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Explanation: describes worry. It's the same as "chill the heart and calm the mind".

Idioms and allusions

[source]: in a letter to the king of Wu written by Zou Yang of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "emperor Shi Xiaowen entered and set up his residence according to Guan, and he was cold hearted and sold his ambition, but he didn't know how to ask for clothes." I'm often afraid that my family and country will bear the same burden, and I'm afraid that I'm ashamed of my life. Liu Yuxi's Shangdu situ Shu in Tang Dynasty

Discrimination of words

Phonetic code: hxxz synonym: chill and calm usage: used as predicate and attribute; used in dealing with affairs