attack by overt and covert means
The Chinese idiom, pronounced m í nqi à ng à NJI à n, refers to all kinds of open and hidden attacks and injuries. It's from Lu Xun's "San Xian Ji · correspondence".
The origin of Idioms
Lu Xun's "San Xian Ji · correspondence" said: "now there are many upright men and revolutionary writers who are committing the crime of revolution and non revolution
Idiom usage
In Ba Jin's "memory of the man who is the eldest brother", it is said that "after my grandfather died, the eldest brother became my goal because he was a grandson."
attack by overt and covert means
The mountain is high and the emperor is far away - shān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
there is more what i want to say but cannot - shū bù jìn yán