Fish swimming cauldron
Fish in a pot, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ú y ó uzhu ó f ǔ, which means that in a dangerous situation, is about to die, the same as "fish in a pot". From Wuhan war.
Notes on Idioms
Li, with "burning", fire.
The origin of Idioms
"The city of Wuchang is like a fish swimming in a cauldron, and the fire of Dabie mountain can be easily settled," Wang Shuzhen wrote in Wuhan war time
Fish swimming cauldron
recall one 's sufferings in the old society and contrast them with the happiness in the new - yì kǔ sī tián
maintain an old acquaintanceship having no real understanding with each other - bái tóu ér xīn
salute with folded hands and make deep bows - dǎ gǒng zuò yī
so poor as to have no room to stick an awl on - sheng wu li zhui