Two heads and three threads
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Li ǎ NGT ó us ā nx ù, meaning upset. It comes from Bai Pu's wall horse in Yuan Dynasty.
Idiom usage
To describe a person's mood
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: three clues
The origin of Idioms
The fourth fold of Baipu's wall horse in Yuan Dynasty: "the city is full of charms, and the people who send them are scattered and confused."
Two heads and three threads
burn a candle to lengthen the midnight oil in hard study - fén gāo jì guǐ
not forget after having run the eye over - chù mù chéng sòng
apply ointment to one 's lips and wipe one 's tongue with a towel - gāo chún shì shé
When people gather firewood, the flame is high - zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
commence business , now developed into a grand scale but with hardly anything to start with - téng kōng ér qǐ