be a survivor of a disaster

be a survivor of a disaster

The Chinese idiom "Ji é h ò uy ú sh ē ng" means people or things left behind after a disaster. It comes from four poems written by Xu Xianping.

Idiom explanation

The literal meaning of life after disaster: disaster, the person who survives after a disaster. Now it is often used as an idiom.

The origin of Idioms

Qiu Fengjia in Qing Dynasty wrote four poems about Xu Xianping in his poems: "return to flying birds, love the South Branch, and sigh for the rest of life."

Analysis of Idioms

Zheng Yin: rob, can't be read as "Ji". distinguish form: rob, can't write "but".

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicate, attribute and object; it's commendatory. example the survivors of the Nanjing Massacre exposed the crimes of Japanese fascism to the visiting Japanese youth.