Cold and violent

Cold and violent

A Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í h á NY ī P ù, which means freezing for ten days and drying for one day. It is used to refer to working hard sometimes, slacking sometimes and making slow progress. It comes from Ge Hong's essays on history in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It's hard for the government to pay attention to the workers. It's only after half a year's hard work that we have to make a bed.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: fierce cold antonym: persevere

The origin of Idioms

Ge Hong's essays on history Qi Zou Ji satirizes the king of Wei and asks for advice in the Southern Song Dynasty: "what's more, Renjun spent more time with eunuchs and concubines, less time with literati and bureaucrats, and could he avoid a cold and violent situation?"

Idiom explanation

Freeze for ten days and sun for one day. This is a metaphor for doing things in a hurry, slack and slow progress.