Snow blanket

Snow blanket

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ni è Xu ě C ā nzh ā n, which means a metaphor for a difficult life in a difficult situation. From Qun Yin Lei Xuan Zhu FA Ji Fen Shi Ji Gu.

The origin of Idioms

"How can you get both bear's paw and fish, you can get the essence of dragon's liver and Phoenix's marrow, and you can only eat with snow."

Analysis of Idioms

It's like eating snow

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing

Idiom story

During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent his minister Su Wu and others as envoys to the western regions to repair with Xiongnu Shan Yu. Because of the rebellion of Han Dynasty's subordinate Marquis Wang, Shan Yu was so angry that he detained Su Wu and others and confined them in the cellar. Su Wu lived by eating snow and food, and resolutely refused to surrender. He was forced to become a slave of Xiongnu and herded sheep on the vast grassland. He returned to the Han Dynasty 19 years later.