Water in the dry

Water in the dry

Kundeshui is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is h é f ù D é Shu ǐ, which means to refer to survival in a desperate situation. It comes from the biography of the three heroes of the founding of Italy.

The origin of Idioms

The sixth section of Liang Qichao's biography of the three heroes of the founding of Italy: "although the Italians who were trapped in hell for a long time at that time and yearned for the day suddenly heard this, they were almost as dry as water, the caged birds were out of the fan, and they were far away and leaping, sweating and panting."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: dry fish get water, dry wood get spring

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used when a crisis is solved