miserable conditions
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Q ī f ē NGK ǔ y ǔ, which means to describe the bad weather. Later it is used to describe the miserable situation. It comes from the epitaph of Mr. Zhenyao in changliji.
The origin of Idioms
In the fourth year of Zhaogong, Zuo Zhuan: "there is no sad wind in spring and no bitter rain in autumn."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: rain and wind, rain and wind as dark as rain
Idiom usage
It has a derogatory meaning. If we live here, we can't make it. Why don't we spend a few more years here before the color fades. The 62nd chapter of the romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
miserable conditions
a deed is accomplished through taking thought - xíng chéng yú sī
family producing public officials for successive generations - zān yīng shì zhòu
resign from office and live in seclusion - guà guān qiú qù