prey upon one 's country and injure the people

prey upon one 's country and injure the people

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ù zh è NGH à im í n, which means to harm the country and people. The same as "harm the country and the people". It comes from the biography of Duke Dang of Jin Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: the government is sick of the people, the country is sick of the people, and the country is in danger of the people

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Duke Dang of Jin Dynasty in the book of Zhou Dynasty, "all the appointed officials are not the same person. They are also corrupt and corrupt. Their officials and subordinates are indulgent. They rely on their power to protect the government and harm the people."

Idiom usage

It has the same meaning as "bring disaster to the country and the people". The small ones are enough to harm the government and the people, while the big ones are as good as the big ones. They are all like this. Gu Yanwu in Qing Dynasty