a scholar in reduced circumstances

a scholar in reduced circumstances

Qin Jian Piao Ling, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í NJI à NPI à ol í ng, which means that the literati are down and out and down. From "to Zhou Qifeng".

Idiom explanation

Qin: musical instrument; Jian: weapon; Piao: wandering; zero: solitary.

The origin of Idioms

In Qian Ye's gift to Zhou Qifeng in the Ming Dynasty: "when will the Qin and Jian float from west to East, and the old journey to Qingxing be the same?"

Analysis of Idioms

Wandering

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as object; with derogatory meaning. There are many tears in the river and lake. Chen Chaonan's miscellaneous feelings of returning home.