It's a bit of a drag
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is zh à NSH à ngtu à m á o, which means the felt is made of wool. If you mop on the felt, it will be hard to move. It is used to describe the timid step. It comes from the orphan of Zhao family by Ji Junxiang of Yuan Dynasty.
Idiom usage
It is difficult to act
The origin of Idioms
The first fold of Zhao's orphan written by Ji Junxiang in Yuan Dynasty: "I'll take you away like a crossbow, and I'll call you back like a feather on a blanket. Cheng Ying, you said, "I don't recognize you!" The third part of Li Kui's defeat of Jing by Kang Jinzhi in Yuan Dynasty: "pulling a snake from Lu Zhishen's Cave Song Gongming is like a feather on the carpet. "
Idiom explanation
The felt is made of wool. If you mop on it, it will be astringent and difficult. It's used to describe a step that's holding back.
It's a bit of a drag
so that there is no end [ of our toils - mí suǒ dǐ zhǐ
console oneself with false hopes - shuō méi zhǐ kě