A bee stings

A bee stings

As a Chinese idiom, Li á of ē ngch ī sh ì in pinyin means to tease a bee and pick a scorpion, which means to provoke a villain and bring disaster to himself. It comes from the marriage story of awakening the world, which was born in the Western Zhou Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attributive; used to make trouble for oneself

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym for teasing the bee and the Scorpion

The origin of Idioms

The 11th chapter of the romance of awakening the world written by Xi Zhou Sheng in the Qing Dynasty: "that lady Chao Zhu is Liu Liu's and Liu Qi's wife. Is she willing to tease the bees and sting them? Said: you are not easy to ask? It's just telling me! "

Idiom explanation

You talk about teasing the bee and picking the scorpion. It is a metaphor for provoking the wicked and bringing disaster to themselves.