live on
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ě NR ǔ t ō ush ē ng, which means to endure humiliation and live. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Notes on Idioms
Steal: not at all.
The origin of Idioms
The eighth chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "only because he didn't have a knack with the general, he suffered humiliation and lived secretly."
Idiom usage
It refers to living in a muddle. Example Chen Zi'ang's Xie Fu Guan Biao for Zhang's works: "therefore, we have to live in disgrace, bow and encourage ourselves, hope to work in case of failure, compensate for the past, lose our body and bones, and make a willing wish."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: live in disgrace, live in disgrace
live on
be helpless and in the greatest straits - jì qióng zhì jí
to return a thing intact to its owner - wán bì guī zhào
carefully attend to the funeral rites of parents and follow them when gone with due sacrifices - shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn
withdraw from society and live in solitude - yí shì jué sú
the most outstanding masterpiece - yā juàn zhī zuò
discourse at random of things past and present - shuō gǔ tán jīn