Destroy and paint

Destroy and paint

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Hu ǐ w ǎ Hu à m à n, which means breaking the house tiles and painting the painted field boundary. It is a kind of unprofitable behavior. From Mencius Teng Wengong II.

Idiom usage

It's used as an object or attributive. It's used as a figurative sentence. It's used as an example to send it to the sun, just like the one who destroyed the painting and plastered it?

The origin of Idioms

Mencius, Teng Wengong II: "it says:" if someone here destroys the tiles, paints and plasters, and his ambition is to eat, will he eat? " Zhao Qi's note: "Mencius said that people are broken, while painting the ground is covered with plaster. It's useless. However, if Mencius wanted to eat, would he eat?"

Idiom explanation

Smash the roof tiles and paint out the drawn field boundary. It refers to a kind of behavior that is neither beneficial nor harmful.