a vagrant
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Lu ò P ò J ī angh ú, which means wandering around because of life. From "reminiscence".
Idiom explanation
Down: poor and frustrated.
The origin of Idioms
The poem of reminiscence written by Du Mu in Tang Dynasty: "when you are down in the river and lake, you can drink wine, but you have a slender waist and a light palm. Ten years of Yangzhou dream, won the brothel reputation
Idiom usage
Always, never enterprising. The 18th chapter of biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang in Qing Dynasty
a vagrant
hold one 's head high and gaze at the sky - áng shǒu wàng tiān
Drain one's guts and wash one's liver - lì dǎn zhuó gān