persuade sb . to do good and dissuade him from doing evil

persuade sb . to do good and dissuade him from doing evil

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì NK ě t ì f ǒ u, which means to offer good advice to the monarch to abolish the bad government. It comes from the biography of Lu Yu in the annals of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

According to Lu yuzhuan in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, it is difficult for the sage emperor to rank the officials and talents, so they must be well assisted and can be replaced

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.