depend on and follow others

depend on and follow others

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī m é Nb à NGH ù, refers to attached to people and unable to stand on their own. It comes from Li Zhi of Ming Dynasty.

Idioms and allusions

Source: Ming Li Zhi's Fu Mo Fu Chang contented: "if you have no backbone, you will treat others as you go, rely on the power to stand, rely on your ears to do things, and depend on your family. If you are really the same as your servant and concubine, why not be humble?" "It's not difficult to go to the Tao with such violence. It's thousands of miles to be close to the good people in the world."

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate, object, or attribute