Feathered
Scattered feathers is an idiom, pronounced m á oy ǔ L í ngluॸ, which means people who have lost their helpers or close friends.
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It refers to the loss of a helper or close person.
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In the book for Shi Zhongrong and SUN Hao written by sun Chu of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "the aid of the assistant is lost outside, but the feather is scattered inside."
Feathered
the continuation is only held by a silken thread - bù jué rú fà
discard the classics and rebel against orthodoxy - lí jīng pàn dào
live in the wilds and dwell in caves - xué jū yě chǔ