1, dry rut of perch, Chinese idiom, pinyin is hé zhé zhī fù, meaning a metaphor for a person in distress who is desperate for help.

2. Near-synonyms: dry rut of the perch, wailing.

3. Antonyms: desperation.

4, idiomatic source: "Zhuangzi - Foreign Objects": "Zhou came yesterday, there is the middle way and callers, Zhou Guzui look at the rut, there are perch."

5. Idiom usage: partial formal; as subject, object; a metaphor for people in distress.