羅掘俱窮

成語故事

唐時有一個叫張巡的人，他很有本領，又有膽量；特別忠于自己的職守。

當安祿山叛亂的時候，他和許遠一同守衛睢陽(今河南商邱)，只有三千兵，而包圍的敵人卻有十幾萬之眾。

但敵人用了許多凶惡的方法攻城，都被他打退；勸他投降，他始終不理。

後來城里面的糧食都沒有了，將士們都剝樹皮、煮廢紙，當作口糧充飢。

弄到最後，連空中的燕雀都捕捉完了，地洞里的老鼠都挖掘光了。將士們因此失去了抵抗的能力，終于被安祿山的叛軍攻進城去。

這時，張巡拒絕了敵的人勸降，還把敵人大罵一頓，惹得那幫人立時把他殺了。

成語解釋

羅掘：到處挖掘。窮：盡了。

形容人在困難中已經用盡了一切可以用的挽救辦法，再沒有一點法子可想了。也形容財源枯竭，竭力籌款而籌不到。

引用文獻

《新唐書》張巡傳：「睢陽食盡，至羅雀掘鼠。」

成語造句

• 1. 在企業陷入困境後，經理們羅掘俱窮地討論了各種挽救公司的方法，但仍然無法找到有效的解決方案。

• 2. 學生們在考試前夕發現他們的學習資源已經羅掘俱窮，他們沒有更多的參考書籍或筆記可用。

• The idiom "羅掘俱窮" (luó jué jù qióng) originated from a story during the Tang Dynasty. The story revolves around a man named Zhang Xun, who was highly skilled, courageous, and loyal to his duty.

  During the rebellion led by An Lushan, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan defended Suiyang (now Shangqiu, Henan) together with only 3,000 soldiers against a massive enemy force of over a hundred thousand. Despite the enemy's use of various brutal methods to attack the city, Zhang Xun successfully repelled them. He remained steadfast and refused to surrender.

  As time went on, the city ran out of food, and the soldiers resorted to stripping tree bark and boiling waste paper to alleviate their hunger. Eventually, they even caught all the sparrows in the sky and dug up all the rats from the ground. With no means to resist, the soldiers finally succumbed to the attack of An Lushan's rebels.

  At this point, Zhang Xun rejected the enemy's persuasion to surrender and boldly insulted them, which led to his immediate execution by the enemy.

  The idiom "羅掘俱窮" describes a situation where a person has exhausted all possible methods to overcome difficulties and has no further recourse. It can also be used to describe a situation where financial resources have dried up despite desperate efforts to raise funds.