throw out the baby with the bath water

throw out the baby with the bath water

The Chinese idiom Li á ngy ǒ UB ù f ē n in pinyin means that there are both good and bad people. It's from officialdom.

Idiom explanation

Weeds: Setaria, like millet, often mixed in the seedlings.

The origin of Idioms

In the 56th chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom appearance in Qing Dynasty, it is said that at that time, there were a large number of donation cases, and the Hou Bu personnel in the provinces were very crowded

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate; derogatory. Example: in Zhao Erxun's Qing history manuscript, biography of Wu Jie, it is said that the strategy of controlling foreign officials should be first suppressed and then pacified. There is no distinction between good and bad. When the soldiers arrive, they will return to their true selves; when the soldiers retreat, they will come back to burn and plunder. " Li Shijun pointed at Sun Liang: "it's because you don't know right from wrong, you don't know black from white, you don't know good from bad! I shouldn't have told you about my past. Since the old fairy told me, Li Ying obeyed. " Li Ying is now ready to tell the story. (the swordsman of Yongzheng in the novels of the Republic of China). There are two disadvantages in the shortage of soldiers. There are three evils in it. There are four disadvantages. There are five disadvantages in abandoning and damaging new guns. The barracks project has six disadvantages. (twenty five histories, draft of Qing Dynasty History) today, the British people do not abide by the law and often refuse to accept the obedience of the States. It's a good and bad case. If the state votes to ask him, the officials will be in the way of giving instructions. And since the British trade was cut off, other countries have flourished. (novel of the Republic of China, secret history of the Qing Dynasty) there was no suppression, and there was no distinction between good and bad. When the soldiers arrive, they will return to sincerity; when the soldiers retreat, they will come back to burn and plunder. There are so many mountains that it is difficult for our division to transit. I was caught off guard by the sudden rise and fall of the Yi people. (twenty five histories · draft of Qing Dynasty History) there are many herdsmen in Hubei Province. They have been harassed in more than 30 counties and prefectures, and their vitality is disabled, and the good and the bad are not separated. The officials in more than 30 counties and prefectures who have not been harassed hate the people, and the people and the officials. If the administration of the officials is not improved, the disaster of the army will arise; if the morale is not improved, the will of the people will change. (Qing Dynasty, novels, Xiang Junzhi)