To steal

To steal

The Chinese idiom Hu á ngshid à on à ng in pinyin means to scorn the people's uprising and to launch a mutiny. It comes from Ji Yun's notes of Yuewei thatched cottage, continuation of luanyang II in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

An old disparaging term for people's uprising. It also means mutiny. It is the same as "playing tricks in the pond".

The origin of Idioms

Ji Yun's notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - continuation of luanyang II in the Qing Dynasty: "what's the point of making a monkey's axe

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: Huangchi nongbing

Idiom usage

The more powerful the officials are, the less popular the people are. A series of materials on Modern Chinese history