one 's schemes are poor and his strength is exhausted

one 's schemes are poor and his strength is exhausted

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì Qi ó NGL ì J ì n, which means that the stratagem and power are exhausted. It comes from Chixi suisifang written by Liang Xiaoyi in the Southern Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the Southern Dynasty, Liang Xiaoyi's Chixi suisifang, it is said that "Guo Mo Qing Yi and Jin Xi attached righteousness, tried hard to compromise, and fought against the Houzhu."

Idiom usage

Chapter 42 of the complete biography of Shuoyue written by Qian Cai in Qing Dynasty: "I have exhausted all my efforts, so I have to fight him to the death."