Cut one's head according to one's plan

Cut one's head according to one's plan

According to the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ù t ú w ě NSH ǒ u, which means to sacrifice one's life for the benefit of others. From Huainanzi taibixun.

Idiom explanation

That is to say, he will sacrifice his life for the benefit he has not obtained.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi · taibixun" says: "if you cut your throat according to the picture of the world, a fool will not do it."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

Examples

If you cut your head according to the plan, the fool will not do it; if you carry the axe all over your body, you will learn from the flow of mediocrity. A record of Chen Ling's "making the Eastern Wei Dynasty be in chaos with Hou Jing and the Northern Qi Dynasty's Shangshu order be returned"