not know what course to take

not know what course to take

In Chinese, Pinyin is w ú Su ǒ sh ì C ó ng, which means not knowing which one to listen to or what to do. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the fifth year of Duke Fu.

The origin of Idioms

Zuo Zhuan, the fifth year of Duke Fu: "one country, three princes, who can I follow?" In the volume of Xixi Congyu written by Yao Kuan of Song Dynasty, "the sources are different, the schools are different, and I don't know what to do."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: confused, at a loss antonym: choose what's right

Idiom usage

This county is in the border of qiangliu, but Huangwei is at a loss, so it is a betrayal. ——Li Baiyao's biography of Weilan in the book of the Northern Qi Dynasty has many views on the trend of various schools in ancient and modern times Different sources, different schools, at a loss. ——Song Yao Kuan's Xixi Congyu < / Li > < li > China is at a time when the old and new trends are in conflict, and ordinary people are at a loss. ——Sun Yat Sen's nationalism < / Li > < li > if we don't give a special commandment and make it clear that we should take a just and bright road, people will be at a loss. What is the reason for this? ——In Zhang Juzheng's "please admonish the officials" of the Ming Dynasty, if they have different directions, they will not know what to do. ——Yuan Tuotuo, alutu, etc

Idioms and allusions

Duke Xian of Jin ordered officials to build cities for Chong'er and Yiwu in Puchi and Qudi, respectively. Yi Wu thought that the city was not well built, so he went to Jin Xian Gong to complain. Duke Xian of Jin asked the scholars why they didn't do it seriously. The scholar said that the LORD had too many things to do. Jin Xian recognized that it was reasonable, so he forced Prince Shen Sheng to commit suicide and sent Chong Er to di.