To defend one's feet

To defend one's feet

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī NGK ē w è iz ú, which means to be good at protecting yourself. From Zuo Zhuan, the 17th year of Chenggong.

The origin of Idioms

[source]: "Zuozhuan · the 17th year of Chenggong:" Zhongni said: "the knowledge of baozhuangzi is not as good as Kui, Kui can still defend his feet." Du Pre note: "sunflower leaves to the sun, to cover its roots."

Idiom usage

In the biography of Liu xiaochuo in the book of Liang Dynasty, it is said that "a minister can't hold a bead to avoid bumping, but he can't be lucky with this and disobey many things."