Failing in one's ability
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à IC á ISH à NGJ à n, which means to use someone other than himself to hurt the country. It comes from Mencius · King Liang Hui Xia and Zuozhuan · thirty first year of Xianggong.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Xia: "if a worker gets a big wood, then Wang Xi thinks he can win his post. If the craftsman is too small, the king will be angry and think that he is not up to his task. " In the thirty first year of Xianggong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "Zi has a beautiful brocade, which does not make people study. Big official Dayi And make the scholar system Yan. It's beautiful brocade, isn't it? "
Idiom usage
Is it Rong Chen who is the most important official in the world today? Are all the outstanding officials in the book of history out of mediocrity I don't want to get in because I hate it, but I'm sorry for your majesty. We should be careful. The biography of Liu Xuan
Failing in one's ability
The battle between the ant and the snail - yǐ dòu wō zhēng
burn books and bury the literati in pits - fán shū kēng rú
an important statement need not be prolix - yào yán bù fán
settle accounts with sb. afterwards - qiū hòu suàn zhàng
on entering a country , inquire about its customs - rù bāng wèn sú