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
hide one 's candle under a bushel - fēng máng bù lù