Honor and Disgrace
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is j ì NR ó ngtu ì R ǔ, which means to take the advancement of official career as glory and demotion as shame. It comes from the Fu of Si Shen.
The origin of Idioms
Liu Zhiji's "Si Shen Fu" in Tang Dynasty: "Fu forms heaven and earth, receives Qi and Yin and Yang, lives happily and dies sorrowfully, advances in honor and retreats in disgrace."
Idiom usage
It refers to people's view of official career.
Honor and Disgrace
till the seas dry up and the rocks decay - hǎi kū shí làn
be able to see what others cannot - dú jù zhī yǎn
join closely together like the teeth of a comb or the scales of a fish - zhì bǐ lín cǐ
a situation of tripartite confrontation - sān zú dǐng lì
never forget to pay a debt of gratitude - bào běn fǎn shǐ
spoil things by excessive enthusiasm - bá miáo zhù zhǎng