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a crab in boiling water—be at a loss

Time: 2022-01-31 02:55:06 Author: ChinaWiki.net

a crab in boiling water—be at a loss

Crab in soup is a Chinese word, which describes the confusion. It comes from the Song Dynasty's shidaoyuan biography of lanterns in Jingde.

Soup: hot water. source: Song Shidao's original "Jingde Zhuandeng Lu" Volume 19: "it's like a crab in soup, hands and feet are in a hurry." one day, one's eyes fall to the ground, and one's hands are in a hurry. (popular edition of birds and fish by Zhai Hao in Qing Dynasty)

a crab in boiling water—be at a loss


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