withered trees and rotten stumps
Pan mu kuizhu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p á nm ù Xi ǔ zh ū, which means rotten wood without success. It refers to inferior wood. It comes from the book of later Han Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As subject, object, attribute; referring to inferior material.
The origin of Idioms
"After the Han Dynasty, follow the history of Mencius taste:" Pan Mu rotten trees, for the use of all, around for the tolerance ear. If a king chooses a scholar, he should be among the most valuable. "
withered trees and rotten stumps
beautiful days and nights with moon and flowers - huā zhāo yuè xī
change constantly like cloud and wave - fēng jué yún guǐ
despise the poor and curry favour with the rich - xián pín ài fù
secure the state and comfort the people - bǎo guó ān mín
in the light of its general trend - yīn shì lì dǎo