The dilemma of Jiaobi
The Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Ji ā og é zh ī K ù n, which means that the later refers to the scholars who are not in power and are in a difficult situation. It's from Mencius, the second part of Gaozi.
Idiom usage
Yuan and bingshen lived in jingshe when they were in trouble.
The origin of Idioms
According to Mencius · Gaozi Part 2, "Jiaoyu is raised in fish and salt."
Idiom explanation
Jiaohe was born in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Because of the chaos in the Zhou Dynasty, he once became a hermit of Shang Dynasty. Later, it means that the scholars were not in power and were in a difficult situation.
The dilemma of Jiaobi
have nothing but the bare walls in one 's house - shì tú sì bì
one 's neighbours and people in the street - jiē fāng lín lǐ
speeches are not in accordance with action - yán bù gù xíng
not to give up one 's gangster designs - zéi xīn bù sǐ