To give advice to others
In Chinese, Pinyin is p á ngzh ǐ Q ǔ y ù, which means to enlighten the public from the side. It comes from the epitaph of Zhai cemetery, tuanlian envoy of Shangzhou, written by Wang Yucheng of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Yucheng of the Song Dynasty wrote in the epitaph of the cemetery of Zhai, an envoy of tuanlian in Shangzhou: "if you know that it is the fault of an official, you must say that someone has suffered a certain crime because of the event ten years ago in the public banquet, and give a warning."
Idiom usage
It's used as predicate, attributive, adverbial, etc
To give advice to others
mencius ' mother moves her home three times to better her son 's education - mèng mǔ sān qiān
the mighty river flows eastward - dà jiāng dōng qù
people who are actuated by high ideals - zhì shì rén rén
be very hard up , and in fact ) be at a loose end - shí guāi yùn jiǎn