cast sb . aside when he has served his purpose

cast sb . aside when he has served his purpose

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Ni ǎ OJ ì ng ō NGC á ng, which means that if there is no bird, the bow will be hidden. It's a metaphor for kicking away people who have made great efforts after success. come from

The origin of Idioms

In the historical records of Goujian family, the king of Yue, it is said that "when all the birds are flying, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks."

Idioms and allusions

At the end of the spring and Autumn period, Wu and Yue fought for hegemony, and Yue was defeated by Wu, yielding to peace. After ten years of hard work and hard work, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, finally defeated the state of Wu. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, destroyed the state of Wu. When he was having a banquet at the Wu palace, he found that Fan Li had disappeared. The next day, he found Fan Li's coat by the Taihu Lake. Everyone thought that Fan Li had committed suicide by throwing himself into the lake. But after a while, someone sent a letter to Wen Zhong, which said: "when all the birds are killed, the slingshot will be collected; when all the rabbits are caught, the hounds will be killed and cooked; when the enemy country is destroyed, the counselors will be abandoned or killed. As a man, the king of Yue can only share his sufferings, not his happiness. The doctor has not left him until now, and it is inevitable that he will be killed soon. " Wen Zhong knew that Fan Li did not die, but lived in seclusion. Although he didn't believe what he said in the letter, he often told him that he was ill and didn't go to court, which caused Gou Jian's suspicion for a long time. One day, Gou Jian visited Wenzhong and left his sword for Wenzhong to commit suicide. Wenzhong understood Gou Jian's intention and regretted that he should not listen to Fan Li's advice, so he had to lead his sword to commit suicide. The idiom "Han Xin" also refers to the situation in which Liu Bang killed all the great generals who had made great achievements during the founding of the people's Republic of China in the Western Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang became emperor, in order to weaken Han Xin's power, he made Han Xin's disciples who were "king of Qi" at that time "king of Chu" and kept him away from his place of fame. Then someone reported Han Xin's "Treason" in good time, and Liu Bang demoted him to "Marquis of Huaiyin". Within a few months, empress LV Zhi lured Han Xin to the Changle palace to kill him in the name of treason. Liu Bang won the world in 202 B.C., Han Xin lost his head in 196 B.C. these two monarchs and ministers who had been in trouble together only spent a little more than a year after the world was settled. Before his execution, Han Xin sighed "cunning rabbits die, running dogs cook; birds die, good bows hide; enemies break, schemers die".

Idiom usage

"My younger brother came back from the battle of fangla and advised me to live in seclusion. Knowing that there is a disaster of "all birds are hidden." Chapter 22 of Chen Chen's Shuihu houzhuan in the Qing Dynasty 2. Three Kingdoms Cao Pi's huanghuang jingluoxing: "five punishments in Huaiyin; all the birds are in possession of the bow; the whole name is preserved; only the ovary." In the boy scouts returning to the fields written by Tun Lu in the Qing Dynasty, "if you dare to take off your scarf and stir your arms, you will be rewarded. If you only hide your bow, you will think to yourself, and you will return to your hometown."