A rotten tree

A rotten tree

Pan mu kuizhu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p á nm ù Xi ǔūū, which means rotten wood without success. It is a metaphor for inferior material. It comes from the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Rotten wood without wood. It is a metaphor for inferior material. Disk, the same as "disk".

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. "