Dead trees and dead trees

Dead trees and dead trees

Dead trees, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is k ū zh ū Xi ǔ m ù, meaning dead stumps, decaying trees; refers to decaying, not much use of people or things. From youguimao qiushu.

Notes on Idioms

Plant: the root of a tree exposed to the ground. Decay: decay, decay.

The origin of Idioms

In the autumn book of youguimao written by Chen Liang of the Song Dynasty, it is said that "Ruliang is a dead tree and has nothing to do with his life, but his secretary is not afraid to ignore him."

Idiom usage

As an object; of useless people or things.

Examples

The seventh chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "although I am more noble than him, the silk and brocade gauze just wrapped up my dead tree."