Fear of punishment
As a Chinese idiom, Hu ì B ī NGW è IX í ng in pinyin means to be cautious in the use of war and punishment. It's from Da Li Qing Cheng Fu.
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Lei of Song Dynasty wrote in his ode to Qingcheng of Dali: "if you are the ancestor, you will always be the one.". He who conceals his troops and fears his punishment will eat his goods later. It's not easy to have profits and losses in politics. "
Idiom usage
To act as an object or attributive
Fear of punishment
capable of evoking praises and tears - kě gē kě qì
keep one 's heart as hard as the nether millstone - xīn rú tiě shí
The ape is sad and the crane is resentful - yuán bēi hè yuàn
put all sorts of things together - dōng pīn xī còu