Pond fish and forest

Pond fish and forest

Chi Yu Lin Lin, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch í y ú L í nm ù, meaning to refer to innocent people who are implicated or harmed. From Huainanzi shuoshan Xun.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" says: "the king of Chu killed his ape, but the forest was a remnant; the king of song killed his pearl, and the fish in the pool was a drain."

Idiom usage

As the subject, object, attribute; refers to innocent people, things. Example: Geng fan's teacher is coming at the end of the day. Yi Shi Li Lun Biao Zhuan by Li Yu in Qing Dynasty