a dead-alive person
Walking dead, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x í ngsh ī Z ǒ UG ǔ, which means people who don't use their brains, don't work, and live in a muddle. It comes from the seven signatures of Cloud Collection by Zhang Junfang of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Volume 60 of "seven signatures of Cloud Collection" written by Zhang Junfang of Song Dynasty: "although they are extremely important officials, they are all dead."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute, it refers to a person without thought.
a dead-alive person
stop reading to sigh with feeling - fèi shū ér tàn
It's easier to hide a clear spear than a hidden sword - míng qiāng róng yì duǒ,àn jiàn zuì nán fáng
will be remembered throughout the ages - wàn gǔ liú fāng
A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers - chū shēng zhī dú bù jù hǔ