One's worth may be one's own ruin
Shanmu Zikou is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is sh ā nm ù Z ì K ò u, which means that the trees on the mountain are cut down because they have grown into useful wood. Metaphor is not free from disaster because it is useful. It comes from Zhuangzi, the world.
Analysis of Idioms
Zhimu first attack
Idiom usage
Be used as an attributive; be used to avoid disaster
The origin of Idioms
Chuang Tzu's the world: "the mountain and the wood are self aggressors, but the fire is self frying."
One's worth may be one's own ruin
ever-victorious in one's forward march - wú wǎng bù shèng
Han Xin's use of military means more - hán xìn yòng bīng,duō duō yì bàn
Words without words are not far from deeds - yán ér wú wén,xíng zhī bù yuǎn
The truth is too big to be tolerated - dào dà mò róng