Seeing the fish

Seeing the fish

The Chinese idiom ch á Ji à NYU à NY ú means to be able to see fish in deep water. The metaphor is that people are too smart. From Liezi Shuo Fu.

The origin of Idioms

Liezi Shuo Fu: "Wenzi said," Zhou's proverb says that it is ominous to see the profound fish, but it is disastrous to hide the wisdom. "

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate and attributive. It has a derogatory meaning and refers to exploring other people's privacy. In Chapter 56 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty, it is said in the proverb of the Zhou Dynasty: "it is ominous to see a deep fish, but it is disastrous to see a deep fish with wisdom." Depending on Ying Yong's observation, you can't do all you can to steal from others, but you can control Ying Yong by uniting with others. What's the point of not dying? " Ji Yun of Qing Dynasty wrote notes of Yuewei thatched cottage (2): "if you see a deep fish, it's ominous, and that's what it's called." According to the biography of Wu Wang in historical records, "Qie Fu's observation of a profound fish is ominous."