Drown oneself and starve oneself

Drown oneself and starve oneself

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ǐ n ì J ǐ J ī, which means that people's suffering is caused by themselves, so it is their unshirkable responsibility to relieve their suffering. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.

Idiom usage

Love the people as a child, or drown oneself, or wake up alone, according to the person's temperament, learning situation, there are no words from the bottom of my heart.

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: self starvation and self drowning

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · lilouxia: "if yu thinks that there is drowning in the world, he will drown himself; if Ji thinks that there is hunger in the world, he will starve himself, so he is anxious."

Idiom explanation

As the people's suffering is caused by themselves, it is their unshirkable responsibility to relieve them.