四面楚歌
      Explanation: Metaphor into every side, helpless situation.
      Usage: The main predicate; as attribute; containing derogatory
      Source: "Records of Xiang Yu Ji": "entry wall Gai Wang Jun, the soldiers do deprivation, the number of Han and the princes Bingwei weight. Night all four sides Han Wen Chu, Xiang Nai-shocked, and said: 'Han Chu almost too have switched? How much is too Chu. '"~ in this, with you how eloquent, but also had to obey. ★ qing "ship of civilization"
      Examples: In this ~ there, with you how eloquent, but also had to obey. ★ qing "ship of civilization"
      Results: Jiulishan placed before the battle; Wujiang River shore King difficulties
      Postscript: Jiulishan placed before the battle; Wujiang River shore King difficulties
      Story: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had agreed to divide (in this county in Henan Garro Wing River) side of things as the boundaries, mutual non-aggression. Later, Zhang and Liu Chan's advice to listen, think we should take advantage of weakness, when Xiang Yu destroy him, and again, and Han Xin, Peng Yue, Liu Jia joined forces chase is on the east bound Pengcheng (now Jiangsu Xuzhou) Xiang Yu troops. Finally arranged layers of troops, to Xiang Yu tightly around Gaixia (Lingbi in this southeastern Anhui.) At this time, Xiang Yu hands of the soldiers have little food and no. Heard at night surrounded by his army were surrounded by singing folk songs Chu, can not help very much surprised and said: "Liu has been off-limits? Why has his troops inside the Chu so much?" Said Look, my heart has been lost fighting spirit, begins with the bed to get up, drinking in the tent inside; and his favorite concubine Concubine with singing. Over and over, straight out of tears, in the jump on the very sad, feel not lift their heads. For a while, Xiang Yu, ride horses, with the remaining of the eight hundred cavalry, break away from the south. Side escape while playing, to the Wu River committing suicide and died. Because there Xiang Yu heard the story around singing Chu, feel surprised, then look at another failed suicide plot, so that people who later use the "besieged", that is, to describe people from attack or to force all aspects of the personnel environment that may cause isolated distress situation. All caught in this situation, their fate is often very tragic, such a person is often associated with bad company, non-productive, idle; but later was forced to break those bad guys that the students free, others turn to when others should also be He usually acts too bad, no sympathy even ignore, the one in which the situation is "under siege." Another example is the discuss the academic problems in school, the students learn nothing (phrase, meaning not academic), arbitrarily, right and wrong, the students surrounded and attacked, which students will be completely isolated position, which can also be called "besieged" . In the course of our lives, in our daily life, good life, down to earth way of doing things, if any wrong aberration, it would have to suffer, "embattled," the bad luck.
  • Thesaurus:  one's outward show and inner thoughts be attacked by enemies, between two fires, Shimian ambuscade, Multi-base suburbs, thegroundsliding from under one