Punishment

Punishment

Punishment blow, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é NGG ē ngchu ī J ī, meaning metaphor in view of the past lessons, too careful. It comes from Jiuzhang Xisong, written by Chu Quyuan in the Warring States period.

The origin of Idioms

Qu Yuan's "nine chapters - Xi chant" in the Warring States period states: "it's not the same to punish those who eat soup and blow it."

Idiom usage

To be too careful in doing things. It's better to mend after a sheep has died. (Lu You's poem "Qiuxing" in Song Dynasty) so he divided the king's children into several meritorious officials However, it has been overcorrected, and the division of land has gone beyond the past. " (preface to the biography of Wang Liang and others of Runan in the book of Jin)

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: punish the soup and blow it