be in a deplorable plight and powerless

be in a deplorable plight and powerless

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì Qi ó NGL ì C ù, which means that the situation is in distress and the strength is exhausted. It comes from the book of punishment with Lu an.

The origin of Idioms

Li Gang of Song Dynasty wrote in his book of punishment with Lu'an: "it's a last resort to recruit robbers and give officials. Now there are soldiers on both sides of the road. If they don't catch them, they will come down. It seems that they don't need to do so."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attributive, or adverbial; used in writing.

Examples

Gao Yang's complete biography of Hu Xueyan: a smooth walk in the blue clouds Volume II: "if the situation is poor, we have to surrender temporarily and save our life temporarily."