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 heart is long and the heart is short - xīn cháng gěng duǎn
a piece of work embodying one 's utmost effort - liáng gōng kǔ xīn
extort excessive taxes and levies - héng fù bào liǎn