Destroy the boat
The Chinese idiom Hu ǐ zh ō UW é iduॸin Pinyin means to change a boat into a rudder. Destroying big things for small ones is a metaphor for arbitrary misconduct. From Huainanzi shuolinxun.
The origin of Idioms
"Huainanzi shuolinxun" said: "the heart said, destroy Zhou Wei; heart desire, destroy Zhong Wei duo."
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: to destroy a bell for a duo
Idiom usage
To act as an object or attributive
Destroy the boat
prize one copper as highly as one 's life - yī qián rú mìng
considerate right down to the most trivial detail - wú wēi bù zhì
a narrow escape from cannon and fire - fēng dí yú shēng
innate knowledge and sense of right and wrong - liáng zhī liáng néng
Old knowledge in a foreign land - tā xiāng yù gù zhī