apply the carrot and stick judiciously

apply the carrot and stick judiciously

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ē NW ē IB ì ngy ò ng, which means to pacify and force at the same time. Now it also refers to the two means of giving small favors and punishment to those in power. It comes from the biography of Zhou bream in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: favor and prestige go hand in hand antonym: no distinction between right and wrong

Idiom usage

For example, the imperial court should first forgive him for his crime of rectifying the imperial edict, and then reward him for his success in cutting the light of the sun. Zhoumi, Song Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

In the chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, biography of Zhou bream: "bream died in the county for 13 years, rewarding the good and punishing the evil