Measuring merits and punishing crimes
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j ì g ō ngli à ngzu ì, which means to measure the merits and demerits comprehensively. From "Chunqiu Fanlu · kaogongming".
The idiom comes from Dong Zhongshu's "Chunqiu Fanlu · kaogongming": "the method of examination should be in accordance with his title, rank, accumulate his days, judge his merits by his crimes, divide the more by the less, and determine the truth by his name."
Measuring merits and punishing crimes
wait every day under the tree , in the hope that a hare would kill itself by crashing into a tree trunk - shǒu zhū dài tù
A small weight weighs a thousand pounds - chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn
The teeth are few and the spirit is sharp - chǐ shǎo qì ruì
not willing to abandon one's folly - xià yú bù yí