Turn the tables

Turn the tables

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à ozh à g à ng à, which means to collect weapons and not fight any more. It comes from the liuhou family in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records liuhou aristocratic family: "when the Yin affair is over, the revolution is over, and the enemy is turned upside down and covered with tiger skin, so as to show that the world will no longer use troops."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: back to earth, Ma fangnanshan

Idiom usage

The common people all hope that the ruler will fall back.