Lose first

Lose first

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í sh ū Xi ā nzhu ó, which means losing chess because the other side has the first hand. The figure of speech is slightly inferior to the opponent's. From Han Feizi, Shuo Lin Shang.

Idiom explanation

Losing a game because the opponent has the lead. The figure of speech is slightly inferior to the opponent's.

The origin of Idioms

Han Feizi said in shuolingshang: "the sage sees the tiny to know the sprout, and the end to know the end, so he sees the elephant sheath and fears, and knows that the world is not enough."

Idiom usage

Example: yuejueshu, yuejuedexuwaizhuan, written by Yuan Kang of Han Dynasty: "therefore, the sage knows his works from the beginning to the end.

Idiom usage

As predicate, object; refers to the appearance of things, infers the development trend