with one 's countenance turning now blue , now pale

with one 's countenance turning now blue , now pale

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is w ǔ s è w ú zh ǔ, which means to describe fear and uncertainty. From Huainanzi · spiritual training.

Idiom explanation

Five colors: the facial expression; ownerless: unable to dominate.

The origin of Idioms

Huainanzi spiritual training: "Yu was in the province, helping the river, Huanglong was in the boat, there was no one in the boat, and there were no masters."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attributive; derogatory.

Examples

Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty wrote in his new preface miscellaneous affairs: "when ye Gong saw it, he abandoned it and returned it. He lost his soul and had no owner."

In the spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu family written by Wei LV Buwei of the Warring States period, it is said that "in Yunan Province, the river was saved, and the yellow dragon was in charge of the boat

When ye Gong saw it, he abandoned it and returned it, losing his soul. New preface miscellaneous affairs by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty

Yunan Province square, jizijiang, Huanglong negative boat, boat people of all colors.

Idiom story

It is said that during the reign of Shun, Yu was ordered to control the flood of the Yellow River. Once, Yu took people to cross the Yangtze River for inspection. In the middle of the river, he saw a huge yellow dragon coming out of the river. The people on the boat were shocked and had no owners. Yu Zhen was the only one who said to Huang Long that he could see death as if he were home. After hearing Yu's words, Huang Long had to sink into the bottom of the river and slip away.