Cut the shin and cut the heart

Cut the shin and cut the heart

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji é J ì NGP ō UX ī n, which means to cut off the shins and open the heart; later, it was used as the code of tyrant's cruelty to the disabled. It's from Shu Tai Shi Xia.

The origin of Idioms

"Shu Tai Shi Xia" said: "Zhou must be involved in the shin of the Dynasty and dissect the heart of the sages." Kong Zhuan: "when King Zhou saw the emperor wading in the water in the winter, he said that his shins were cold and he beheld them; when he was loyal to Gan, he said that his heart was different from that of others, and he looked at them through dissection. It's very cruel. "

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attribute; used of brutality.