driven to distraction

driven to distraction

Chinese Idioms,

The Pinyin is: SH ī h ú nluॸpॸ,

Definition: it describes the appearance of panic, anxiety, restlessness and abnormal action.

It's from the Yuan Dynasty's nameless "looking at the money slave".

idiom

driven to distraction

Pinyin

shīhúnluòpò

Citation explanation

1. . describe extreme panic. volume 30 of "surprise at the first moment of making a case": "the prefect wishes he could take the place of Li Canjun, say a few words and say what he likes. One of them seems to be haunted, and the other seems to be lost. " In the fifth and third chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom appearance in the Qing Dynasty: "although Yin zichong also worked with him, after all, he was a thief and a coward. In the end, he was lost and helpless." Guo clarified Chapter 7 of the story of the great sword: "all these lost puppet soldiers trembled and stopped." 2. Describe being upset and in a trance. The second fold of yuan · anonymous's watching money slave: "I am so hungry that I lose my soul, and I am so cold that I have no face." "The first moment of surprise" volume two five: "sister, flying catkins floating flowers, the original no master; children, lost, at the end of life." Chapter 95 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "at first, I couldn't find Yu to be angry. Now I see that he is so lost that I have to ask for medical treatment every day." Chapter 117 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: I know that my fortune is so poor that I am lost. Bing Xin's return to the South: "Jie suddenly falls from hope and happiness. He's so lost that he cries several times a day. "

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attribute, adverbial; used of people