an old cow pulling a rickety cart
Lao Niu Pao Che, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ǎ oni ú P ò ch ē, which means Lao Niu pulls a broken car. It means to do things slowly, not neat at all, but also low ability. It comes from the biography of Yan Yan in the book of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"Yan Yanzhi's biography in the book of the Song Dynasty:" he often rides a stupid car with a lean ox, and when he meets a Junlu book, the screen goes to the side of the road. "
Idiom usage
It refers to low efficiency. July 7 has just passed. I don't know how many times the story of ~ has been told.
an old cow pulling a rickety cart
Guess from the East and guess from the West - dōng cāi xī chuāi
have no place too ashamed to show one 's face - wú dì zì cuò
Rectify the country and change the customs - jiǎo guó gé sú