where the wind passes , the grass bends -- influence of gentlemen

where the wind passes , the grass bends -- influence of gentlemen

Fengxingcaochong is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NGX í NGC ǎ OC ó ng, which means that the words and deeds of a person with prestige influence the world. It's the same as "the wind is spreading and the grass is withering".

Idiom explanation

Pinyin: F ē NGX í NGC ǎ OC ó ng. It's the same as "the wind is spreading and the grass is withering".

Idioms and allusions

In the Analects of Confucius, Yan Yuan, Ji Kangzi asked Confucius, "if there is no way to kill (1), then there is way (2). What is it like?" Confucius said to him, "how can you use killing to govern? The son wants to be good, but the people are good. The virtue of a gentleman, the virtue of a small man, the virtue of grass, the wind on grass (3), will be Yan (4)

Discrimination of words

Usage: as predicate, attributive, clause; used in writing