tell tales

tell tales

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B ā NK ǒ UN ò ngsh é, which means to stir up right and wrong. From the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It refers to deliberately stirring up right and wrong

Analysis of Idioms

Move the mouth and make the lips

The origin of Idioms

The 44th chapter of the outlaws of the marsh by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "it's inevitable that when my sister-in-law sees that I've made these clothes, she must have something to say behind her back; when she sees that I haven't come back for two days, someone will talk and talk, thinking that she's suspicious and doesn't do business."

Idiom explanation

To stir up right and wrong. It's the same as "moving one's lips".