confess everything without having received a single blow of the bamboo

confess everything without having received a single blow of the bamboo

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B ù D ǎ Z ì zh ā O. it used to mean confession without punishment. It refers to the self exposure of someone who has done something bad or has a bad intention. From journey to the West.

Idiom explanation

Confession: confession

The origin of Idioms

The 17th chapter of journey to the West written by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "he is also a monster who doesn't admit himself. He suddenly says that the day after tomorrow is the day of his mother's death. He invites all evils to come for his birthday."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] to cover up, to draw a conclusion, to confess, and [antonym] to make a move, to have ulterior motives

Idiom usage

It refers to exposing one's fault or intention unconsciously. However, I would also like to say that the spokesman of Chongqing is a traitor. He revealed the plan of Japanese imperialism to the Chinese people. Mao Zedong's "orders and talks for the South Anhui Incident"

Idiom story

The four monks and disciples of the Tang Dynasty came to a temple to spend the night. The monkey king showed the cassock to the monk. The old monk was greedy for money and set fire to the temple at night and stole the cassock. He was caught by a monster on Heifeng mountain in front of fangcaopo, so he handed over Tang Monk's cassock. When the monkey king knew it, he rushed to kill the monster and take back the cassock.