Buy a cow to stop

Buy a cow to stop

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǎ ini ú x ī g ē, which means selling swords and buying oxen. Originally, it refers to putting down arms and engaging in farming. Later, it refers to changing the business of farmers or bad people to change the bad and follow the good. It comes from he Jingming's the governor of Yanmen in Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Stop the war

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: sell swords and buy cattle, buy cattle and sell swords

Antonyms: fighting in the South and in the north, militarizing, selling calves and buying knives

The origin of Idioms

He Jingming's Yanmen Taishou's trip in Ming Dynasty: "the Taishou gives up the cow and buys it."

Idiom explanation

He still talks about selling swords and buying cattle. It originally meant to lay down arms and engage in farming. After the metaphor to change the business, farmers or bad people to change the bad and follow the good.