A boat in vain
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is pi ā ow ǎ x ū zh ō u, which means something that harms people out of thin air but cannot be investigated. It comes from Chuang Tzu Da Sheng written by Zhuang Zhou in the Warring States period.
interpretation
Harm people out of thin air without investigation
source
Chuang Tzu Da Sheng: "although there is a heart, it doesn't blame piaowa." "Shanmu:" ark and help in the river, there is a virtual boat to touch the boat, although there is a heart of people not angry
Examples
There is no reason, who should enter the Cuan and cherish the labor and salary. In the Qing Dynasty, Zha Shenxing wrote Huiyan River, a commoner often comes from Beijing 》
A boat in vain
parade with beautiful dress at night - yī xiù yè xíng
high walls and deep moat -- a defended city - gāo chéng shēn chí
A dog cannot spit Ivory out of its mouth - gǒu kǒu lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàng yá