Attack each other by letter

Attack each other by letter

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h á NSH ǐ Xi ā NGG ō ng, which means self contradiction. It comes from Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang by Mencius Ke of pre Qin Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The Confucianists of today are attacking each other in correspondence and making noise.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: self contradiction

The origin of Idioms

Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang, written by Mencius Ke in the pre Qin period, said, "if you shoot people, you are afraid not to hurt them; if you write people, you are afraid to hurt them."

Idiom explanation

A contradiction.