A snake in the knee

A snake in the knee

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī y ǔ sh é x í ng, which means kneeling and walking on the ground. I'm afraid of it. From the biography of Xu Wenchang by Yuan Hongdao of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Xu Wenchang written by Yuan Hongdao of Ming Dynasty, it is said that "when the Duke was in charge of several frontier soldiers, he was powerful in the southeast, and he did not dare to raise his head."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing