seeking one 's own doom

seeking one 's own doom

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is f ē I é t ó Uhu ǒ, which means like a moth fighting a fire. It refers to looking for a dead end and killing oneself. From the book of Liang, biography of Zhiji.

Analysis of Idioms

Suicide, moth to fire

The origin of Idioms

According to the book of Liang, the biography of Daoji: "if a moth goes to the fire, how can he burn himself?"

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate, adverbial and attributive with derogatory meaning. Otherwise, it's too late to repent when you enter his house, as if you can't go up or down. The 17th chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua written by Xiaosheng of Lanling in Ming Dynasty and the third chapter of Xie Jinwu written by anonymous in Yuan Dynasty: "I have written that people live in Yang Jingjiao and praise two of them. It is moths that throw fire. I am not afraid that they will not die in their hands. In Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen's Ming Feng Ji, the 29th episode, said, "the official asked the two brothers of Dong and Wu to play the power traitor together. It's just that the eggs are hard to beat the stone. If you break it, you will be broken. If you fly a moth into the fire, you will be scorched if you touch it. 」

Idioms and allusions

One night, Lin Zi and his guests were sitting in the yard to enjoy the cool. It was very dark and quiet. Only one candle was shining. Lin Zi and his guests talked about the past and the present together. Everyone was sighing about life. at this time, a moth flapping Pink Wings, flying around the candlelight, also issued a small hissing sound, the forest with a fan to drive away the moths, it flew away. But just after a while, it flew over again. The forest used a fan to drive away the moths. It flew away and then came back again. It rushed towards the candle fire with all its might. In this way, it drove away and came back again. It repeated seven or eight times. Finally, the moth's wings were burnt by the candle fire, and it could not fly any more. It fell to the ground and was in a state of anxiety. It was still struggling with its broken wings until there was no breath. After seeing the scene of the moth, Lin Zi said to the guest with emotion: "you see how stupid the moth is to fight against the fire! The fire was supposed to burn itself, but it had to put out the fire in a desperate way, and it came to such an end! " the guest sighed with the same feeling: "who said no? But man is worse than moths Lin Zi said, "yes, the sound, color and lust in the world attract people to fight and chase, not just like this moth to the fire? Are not those who follow this path and do not doubt, who destroy their bodies and do not regret, just as pitiful and ridiculed as this moth The pursuit of fame and fortune is like a moth to a fire. People laugh at moths for their stupidity, while those who pursue fame and gain and even lose their reputation are more ridiculous?