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Tottering, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á oy á oy ù Zhu ì, describes very dangerous, will soon fall down, or unstable, will soon collapse. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The origin of Idioms
In the 104th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty, the Prime Minister of the great star Han returned to heaven and saw a wooden statue. Wei Dudu was scared: "when people looked at it, they saw that it was dark and shaky."
Idiom usage
It's going to collapse soon. example as the soldiers approached the edge and looked down, they were dizzy and felt the rock shaking back and forth in front of them, and their bodies were tottering. Qu Bo's "forest sea and snow plain" 27
Analysis of Idioms
Xiehouyu: kite off line; stone hanging on tree top; lantern riddle: Crisis
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discard the old ways of life in favour of the new - gé gù dǐng xīn
a compound of connecting courtyards , each surrounded by dwelling quarters - shēn zhái dà yuàn
a pillow with an embroidered case - xiù huā zhěn tóu
There is no time to cover your eyes - jí tíng bù xiá yǎn mù
the nest destroyed and the eggs broken - cháo huǐ luǎn pò