Idioms containing numbers

The idioms containing numbers are as follows:

1. Seven ups and eight downs

Interpretation: also said seven ups and eight downs. Describes being uneasy.

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Vernacular translation: Hu Zhengqing’s heart is like 15 buckets carrying water, seven up and eight down.

2. Half-hearted

Explanation: Describing hesitation, lack of determination or lack of concentration.

Source:

The first chapter of Yuan·Guan Hanqing's "Saving Fengchen": "Zheng Nai is a bandit prostitute, and he is half-hearted."

Vernacular translation: Nai He is Gangsters and prostitutes are all half-hearted people.

3. Single-mindedness

Definition: Single-mindedness in mind and thoughts.

Source:

Pei Songzhi's annotation quoted from "Du Family's New Book": "Therefore, one heart, one intention, and a straight and direct ear."

Vernacular translation: So Do things wholeheartedly.

4. Nine oxen and one drop

Definition: One hair on many oxen. The metaphor is trivial. "Report to Ren An" by Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty: "If a servant is ordered to fall down and be punished, it is like losing one hair of nine oxen. How is it different from an ant?"

Source:

Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty "Report to Ren Shaoqing" "Book": "Even if a servant is made to commit suicide and be punished, it is like nine cows losing one hair. How is it different from an ant?"?

Vernacular translation: Even if a servant is made to commit suicide and be punished, it is like nine cows losing one hair. Niu Mao, what is the difference between this and ants?

5. A narrow escape from death

Definition: To describe surviving many dangers.

Source:

The Thirteenth Chapter of "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties": "Anyone who enters the palace... if ten people enter, they will escape death."

Vernacular translation: Of all the people who were taken into the mansion... ten of them entered, nine died and one lived.