Dry fish

Dry fish

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is k ū y ú h é zh é, which means the crucian carp in the dry rut ditch. It refers to the person or thing in trouble and in urgent need of help. It comes from Chuang Tzu's foreign things.

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's foreign things: "when Zhou came yesterday, there was a middle road calling out, but when Zhou looked at the ruts, there was a fish in it."

Idiom usage

When the Mirs will be sent by the wind in the sky. Wang Tingna, Ming Dynasty

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, the thinker Zhuang Zhou used fables in Zhuangzi. In the chapter of foreign things, he said: Zhuang Zhou heard a voice calling him on his journey. He found a minnow in the rut. Minnow was about to be short of water and asked for help. Zhuang Zhou was ready to take a glass of water to save him. Minnow said that he was a boschen in the East China Sea, where could this water of struggle survive.