bring disaster to the fish in the moat
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin y ā NGJ í ch í y ú, which means suffering disaster for no reason.
allusion
original text
Lu Buwei, the Wei of the Warring States period, wrote "the spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu family: Sima of the Song Dynasty had a pearl. He pleaded guilty to his death. The king asked people where the Pearl was and said," throw it into the pool. " So, if you do not get it, the fish will die. This is also a good and bad word. Later on, it evolved into "fire at the gate, bringing disaster to the fish".
free translation
Once upon a time, there was a pond under the gate, where a group of fish were swimming happily. Suddenly, the city gate caught fire. A fish saw it and yelled, "no, the city gate is on fire. Run!" But other fish don't think so. They think the city gate is on fire. It's far away from the pond. There's no need to make a fuss. None of the fish escaped except the one. At this time, people take water things to the pond to get water to fight the fire. After a while, the fire was put out, and the water in the pond was drained, and all the fish in the pond suffered.
significance
Fire, water and fish are connected. The water in the pond can extinguish the fire in the gate. This is a direct connection. Fish and the fire in the gate are indirectly connected. It is connected through the water in the pond.
Classics
Du Bi's Xi Liang Wen in the Northern Qi Dynasty: but he was afraid that the state of Chu would be destroyed by apes, the forest would be damaged, the city gate would be on fire, and the fish would be affected. Chapter IV and VI of Taiping Guangji quoted from Han yingshao's customs: a fire at the gate of the city will bring disaster to the fish in the pond. As the old saying goes, "Chi Zhongyu, a surname, lives in the gate of Song Dynasty. A fire broke out at the gate of the city, extending to his home and killing Zhongyu. " Another cloud: "song city gate fire, people draw pool water to irrigate, empty pool exhausted, fish exposed to death." It is used to describe the evil and hurt the good.
Discrimination
Synonym: implicate the innocent antonym: irrelevant usage: subject predicate; predicate; derogatory. example: Zhang Ailing's lust, caution: if it is to reassure her, it will not bring disaster to the fish in the pond.
Chinese PinYin : yāng jí chí yú
bring disaster to the fish in the moat
To seek survival and harm benevolence. qiú shēng hài rén
indulge in the wildest fantasy. yì xiǎng tiān kāi