the meat-eaters are vulgar -- the noblemen are shortsighted and good-for-nothing
The meat eater is despicable, a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is R ò ush í zh ě B ǐ, which means that in the old days, it was a short-sighted person with high position and rich salary. It comes from Zuozhuan, the tenth year of zhuanggong.
Idiom explanation
Carnivore: a person who eats meat and extends to a person of power; despicable: mean. In the old days, it refers to a person with high position and rich salary, who is short-sighted.
The origin of Idioms
"Ten years of zhuanggong in Zuozhuan:" the meat eater is despicable, but not far sighted. "
Idiom usage
It can only be seen in the near but not in the far. It can be seen in the few but not in the many. (Yan Fu's on salvation)
the meat-eaters are vulgar -- the noblemen are shortsighted and good-for-nothing
two dogs strive for a bone , and a third runs away with it - yú wēng dé lì
one 's favour as high as the sky and thick as the earth - dài tiān jí dì
diabolic tricks and wicked craft - qí jì yín qiǎo
Small as the sparrow is, it has all the gall and liver - má què suī xiǎo,gān dǎn jù quán