Yuexiu said, "Give an order tonight and you will know that Wang Wei will retreat soon." . Return: "chicken ribs, eat no meat, abandon the taste."

This sentence comes from Chapter 72 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

It means: it is a metaphor to do something meaningless and unwilling to give up.

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From the seventy-second chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang took Hanzhong and Cao Cao retreated to the oblique valley. When Cao Cao was in a dilemma, he went to the official to eat chicken soup. Cao Cao felt pregnant when he saw chicken ribs in the bowl. Is thoughtfully, Xia Houdun enter an item in an account, please night slogan. Cao Cao casually said, "Chicken ribs! Chicken ribs! " Officials are called "chicken ribs". Yang Xiu, the marching master, saw the word "chicken ribs" and told the accompanying sergeant to pack his bags and prepare for his return trip.

Someone told Xia Houdun. Surprised, he sent Yang Xiu to his account and asked, "Why did you pack your things?" Xiu said, "Give orders tonight, and Wang Wei will withdraw his troops in a few days. Those who eat chicken ribs have no meat and will be disgusted. If you can't win today, it's no use returning it, for fear of being laughed at. It's better to return early: Wang Wei will transfer troops tomorrow. So pack your bags first, so as not to panic when you leave. " Later, Yang Xiu was executed by Cao Cao.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-The Death of Yang Xiu