A dead fish's thread

A dead fish's thread

The Chinese idiom, K ū y ú Xi á NSU ǒ in pinyin, means dry fish on a rope. There are not many days to describe the existence of things. From Han Shi waizhuan.

The origin of Idioms

The first volume of Han Ying's Han Shi waizhuan in the Western Han Dynasty: "a dead fish has a thread, but it doesn't bark. The life of the two parents is like a gap. "

Idiom usage

The days of existence are not many. Bandits come from heaven, who is to blame. The stele of Linqiong county magistrate Fengjun's last love by Chen Zi'ang in Tang Dynasty