Mew hair is hard to count in pinyin zhuófànánshǔ.

Mew hair is hard to count, a Chinese idiom with the pinyin zhuófànánshǔ, which means pulling off all of one's hair and making it hard to count. It means that it is difficult to count the number of crimes. From "The Records of the Grand Historian" (史记范雎蔡泽列传).

Mew hair is hard to count

Mew (zhuó discretion): pluck. Later, it was used as a metaphor to describe a large number of sins, which are difficult to count. During the Warring States period, Fan Ju, a native of Wei, traveled to Qi on a mission with Wei Zhongdafu, and when King Xiang of Qi heard that Fan Ju was an eloquent speaker, he sent someone to send him money and gifts, but Fan Ju did not accept the gifts, which caused suspicion in Su Jia.

After returning to Wei, Shujia falsely accused Fan Ju of fornicating with Qi, and Wei Qi sent someone to beat Fan Ju to death and threw him in the toilet. Fan Ju woke up and was rescued, renamed Zhang Lu, by friends managed to escape to the state of Qin, the king of Qin Zhao appreciated the talent of Fan Ju, appointed him as a minister of Qin. Later, when Qin prepared to send troops to attack Han and Wei, King Anli of Wei was afraid and sent Su Jia to Qin to seek peace.

Shu Jia to Qin want to go to the door of the first phase of the State Zhang Lu, Fan Ju modified and he met, Su Jia asked the gatekeeper, only to realize that the Qin phase of the State Zhang Lu is from the former by their own framed almost dead Fan Ju, immediately stripped off their clothes, crawling on their knees into the phase of the house, to Fan Ju to ask for forgiveness. Fan Ju said: "How many of your sins?" Su Jia said: "Pull out my hair one by one to count, still can not finish counting my sins." This is also known as "Mew hair can not be counted".