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Last answer: (disheartened, heartbroken, fragmented, sunset, wooden, abound) How many of you answered correctly?
The story behind the idiom in the last issue
1. **Disheartened**
- **Origin**: This idiom comes from Huang Zongxi's "Ming Confucianism Case" in the Qing Dynasty: "A certain person is disheartened, and he is alone in a room, and he dares to forget the world." The original meaning is that the mood is cool like ashes and the will is depressed.
- **Meaning**: It is now used to describe extreme frustration, loss of confidence and motivation due to a setback or disappointment.
2. **Blooming**
- **Origin**: The origin of this idiom is not clear, but it vividly describes the joy of the heart blooming like a flower. It is common in ancient Chinese literary works, such as Feng Menglong's "Warning to the World" in the Ming Dynasty.
- **Meaning**: Now it is used to describe the heart is very happy, and the joy is overflowing.
3. **Fragmented**
- **Origin**: This idiom was first seen in "Zuo Chuan: The Fifteenth Year of Xuan Gong": "Fragmented from its people." The original meaning was that the people were scattered and not united. Later, it evolved to describe things that are broken, scattered, and incomplete.
- **Meaning**: Now used to describe things that are divided, dilapidated, and have lost their original integrity and unity.
4. **Sunset West Mountain**
- **Origin**: This idiom is derived from the natural phenomenon that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day. In ancient Chinese literature, the sunset and the west mountain are often used as a metaphor for people's old age or the decline of things.
- **Meaning**: Nowadays, it is often used as a metaphor for people reaching their twilight years or things going into decay.
5. **Wood is Finished**
- **Origin**: This idiom comes from Zhu Xi's "Zhuzi Language" in the Song Dynasty: "The wood has become a boat, the matter has come to this, and there is nothing to be done." The original meaning was that the wood had been carved into a ship, a metaphor for the point where things had reached a point where they could not be changed.
- **Meaning**: Now it is used to describe that things have been done, the results have been determined, and no changes can be made.
6. **Abound**
- **Origin**: This idiom comes from "Historical Records of Qin Shi Huang Benji": "Abounds." The original meaning is to be everywhere, to describe a very large number, to be seen everywhere.
- **Meaning**: It is now used to describe something or phenomenon that is very common and can be found everywhere.