old and useless

old and useless

Old age and incompetence, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ǎ oxi ǔ w ú n é ng, which means that people can't do anything when they are old. It comes from the preface to the inscription of Zen master Dayuan in Tongqing Temple of Taishan, Tanzhou.

Idiom explanation

Aging: aging.

The origin of Idioms

According to Zheng Yu's preface to the inscription of Zen master Dayuan in Tongqing temple, Dafei mountain, Tanzhou, "to delay Shen's desire for profit, to serve the old bones."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in self modesty. We've been old and incompetent all our lives. The hero comes out of youth, but You can do something. (the 50th chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty)