bully the weak and fear the strong

bully the weak and fear the strong

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī Ru ǎ NP à y ì ng, which means bullying the weak and afraid of the tough. It's from the story of Pipa: five niangs were robbed when they asked for food.

Idiom usage

1. Unfair, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard! If you have a good job, send someone else; if you send someone away in the middle of the night, send me. The seventh chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty 2. She said happily, "this shoulder is also a bully. It depends on whether you dare to fight or not." 3. He generally chooses the weak without the possibility of fighting back. He follows the rule of bullying the weak and fearing the hard. No fool will take the strong man as the "scapegoat". 4. Like me, they bully the soft and fear the hard. That's all. If they are angry with their wives, they will take out the passengers. If they are angry with the passengers, they will take out their wives. 5. Zhang Banban behaves badly, refuses to repent, and rarely has abnormal bowel movements. It seems that God is also bullying. 6. He never suffered losses and bullied others. No matter male or female students, he was cheeky and liked people with a small mouth. 7. Don't be afraid of the reactionaries. He seems fierce, but in fact he is bullying. 8. In feudal society, such people as Er de Zi bullied the soft and feared the hard. They were terrified to see foreigners, and they were arrogant to the common people.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] emphasize the rich and bully the poor, favor one over the other, fear the strong and bully the weak. [antonym] treat the rich equally, be impartial and humble

The origin of Idioms

In the story of pipa, five niangs asked for food to be robbed by Gao Ming of Ming Dynasty, it is said that "to urge the first to release the rich and the poor, to protect the upper households, to bully the weak and fear the hard."

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Duke Xiang of song wanted to become the overlord like Duke Huan of Qi. First, he supported his son Zhao to return home and become Duke Xiao of Qi. Then he called Cao and other small countries to hold a meeting in the state of song. After killing the prince, he invited King Cheng of Chu to call other princes to hold a meeting in the state of song. At the meeting, King Cheng of Chu became the overlord with his own force, and song Xianggong, who was afraid of the hard and the soft, admitted his bad luck.