Catch Jin to expose elbow
Zhuojinlu elbow, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ō J ī NL ù zh ǒ u, which means to show your elbow when you have a whole skirt; it is used to describe ragged clothes; it can be extended to take care of one thing and lose the other and be in a difficult situation. It comes from the collection of Jiao's Bicheng.
The origin of Idioms
Jiao Hong of Ming Dynasty wrote in the book of Jiao's pen riding, Mu Shu: "if you want to catch Jin and expose your elbow, who will pity Zixia's poverty."
Idiom usage
He is very poor.
Catch Jin to expose elbow
Spring is born, summer is long, autumn is harvested, winter is stored - chūn shēng xià zhǎng,qiū shōu dōng cáng
feudal lords vying for the throne - qún xióng zhú lù
a few isolated words and phrases - piàn yán zhǐ yǔ