console the people and punish the wicked
The Chinese idiom di à om í NF á Zu ì in pinyin means that the virtuous monarch in ancient times comforted the suffering people and crusaded against the virtuous rulers. From Mencius Teng Wengong II.
Idiom explanation
Condole: condole; attack: crusade. Condole the suffering people and crusade against the guilty rulers.
The origin of Idioms
Mencius Teng Wen Gong Xia: "to punish the people, to hang the people, like the rain, the people are happy."
Analysis of Idioms
Weeding out the strong and supporting the weak
Idiom usage
The prime minister promoted the army of benevolence and righteousness and broke Yuan Shao's millions in the first battle of Guandu. The thirty first chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty
console the people and punish the wicked
See the blue sky through the clouds - bō yún wū jiàn qīng tiān
a snipe and a clam locked in a fight - yù bàng xiāng dòu