Drown one's heart and soul
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n ì x ī NMI è zh ì, which means drowning the natural nature of the mind and covering the nature of simplicity. It comes from Zhuangzi's nature.
The origin of Idioms
It is said in Chuang Tzu's "nature of writing" that "literature destroys quality and indulges the mind."
Idiom usage
It has been a long time since I was a servant. Recently, I know a little bit about Xiangli, and I realize that it's Bo. I want to publish it in anger, but I also regret that it's too late. Tang Shunzhi and Mo Ziliang in Ming Dynasty
Drown one's heart and soul
A donkey's lips are not the same as a horse's - lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ
used figuratively for studying hard - chuān bì yǐn guāng