down on the luck
In Chinese, Pinyin is sh í y ù Nb ù J ì, which means to encounter adversity and have a bad fate. It is also called "bad luck". From preface to Tengwang Pavilion.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Bo's poem preface to Tengwang Pavilion in Tang Dynasty: "when the door of emperor Huai disappeared, when was the office of Fengxuan. Ho ho! It's a long way to go. "
Idiom usage
When things come to this stage, I can only lament the untimely fate. What can I do if heaven wants to kill me!
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: good fortune
down on the luck
Back to the mountains and back to the sea - huí shān zhuǎn hǎi
hold one 's life on a precarious tenure - mìng zài dàn xī
Forget to eat and forget to sleep - wàng cān fèi qǐn