a person whose fate is sealed

a person whose fate is sealed

Fish in the bottom of the pot, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ǔ D ǐ y ó uy ú, which means fish swimming in a pot. It's a metaphor for a man in a desperate situation. It also refers to things that are about to die. It comes from the biography of Zhang Gang in the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] fish in the pot, fish in the pot, turtle in the urn [antonym] save the day from danger [rhyme] ox and horse in front of the train, bleeding into a canal, pure deception, Liumo Huaqu, turning to death ditch, Gaobu Tongqu, Jiangfen game, Beibei game, gaofuxuan channel, and finally not a game

The origin of Idioms

"After the Han Dynasty, Zhang Gang biography:" if the fish swim in the pot, breathing in a moment

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to be derogatory. They have no choice but to fall or die. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.1, Chapter 11 he will become a fish in the bottom of the pot today. It's all your fault.

Idioms and allusions

During the reign of Emperor Shun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor ignored the eunuch's evils and allowed his relatives to exercise their power. A lot of people have no talent and no virtue. They are just grass bags, just because they can flatter and please the emperor, or because there are beautiful girls in the family who become concubines and nobles, they can enjoy the wealth of the whole family. At the emperor's side, the princes and vassals were in groups. Officials are thinking all day long about extortion and self enrichment. Under the oppression and exploitation of the imperial court, we can imagine the hardships of people's life. Zhang Ying, a native of Guangling, could not bear the cruel tyranny and mobilized the masses to raise the banner of righteousness. The rebels killed the assassins, killed the rich, robbed the Treasury and helped the poor. They have been in Yangzhou and Xuzhou for decades. The Imperial Court felt very difficult about this, which made the sheriff scared. At that time, there was a royal censor named Zhang Gang. He was honest and upright. He wrote many times to denounce the current malpractice, and asked to kill the ministers who broke the law and cut down the expenses of the imperial court. The emperor had a headache for him, and many corrupt and crooked officials even hated him. So Liang Ji, the elder brother and general of the empress, who was a relative of the imperial family, came up with a good idea. He colluded with several figures in power to tell the emperor that he would send Zhang Gang to be the prefect of Guangling, so that he could calm down the people's riots and try to use this thing to harm him. when others were sent to Guangling before, they repeatedly asked for more troops. When Zhang Gang went there, he had to ride alone with only a dozen officials. In Guangling, Zhang Gang went straight to Zhang Ying's camp and asked to meet the leader of the army. At first, Zhang Ying was very surprised. Later, he saw that the people who came here were very sincere and came out to meet each other. Zhang Gang asked Zhang Ying to take a seat, and Zhang Ying did not refuse. Zhang Ying sat down and asked coldly, "Your Majesty condescended to come to the bandit camp. I don't know what to teach you?"; Zhang Gang immediately stood up, bowed and saluted, and said, "why did the general say that? The lower officials were not considerate of the people. They were ashamed of Zhuo en and the people, so that they were trapped in the fire and water. As the saying goes, "the government forces the people to revolt." the general sympathizes with the sufferings of the villagers and goes to danger out of a last resort. And the general's incorruptibility and self-discipline, and his chivalry and justice are really admired by his subordinates. " Zhang Gang's words were beyond Zhang Ying's expectation. He quickly stood up to apologize and said excitedly, "how could Zhang Ying be like this ten years ago? I'm a reckless person. I don't know etiquette, and I can't make friends with the imperial court. I also know that all of us are fish in the pot. We are just surviving. How can we live for a long time? We just think that there is no way out. Let's make it a day. Today, my Lord is here, so please give me some advice. " in this way, Zhang Gang did not move a single soldier. After repeated negotiations with Zhang Ying, he finally calmed down the riot in Guangling.