Fan Huo stops boiling

Fan Huo stops boiling

Fan fire to stop boiling, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh à nhu à zh à f è I, the original meaning is to use fan to help fire to stop the boiling of water. Metaphor is counterproductive. It comes from the notes of Pei song in the annals of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

Pei Songzhi's notes on the annals of the Three Kingdoms. According to the biography of Tao Qian in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, in the fourth year of the early Ping Dynasty, Taizu conquered more than ten cities and fought in Pengcheng. The humble soldiers lost, tens of thousands of dead, Surabaya did not flow. Retreat modestly and guard tan. Taizu led the army back with less grain. " Pei's note: "the book of Wu says that Cao Gong's father was killed in Mount Tai, which was attributed to Qian. To be modest and to be afraid of being strong is to order the prefectures to strike for a while. The imperial edict day: "today, the sea is bustling, the prefectures and counties are fighting, the soldiers are exhausted, the bandits are hard to eliminate, or the officials are not good, because they want to be arrested, invade the people, and leave the victims; the rumors are circulating, shaking the cities, the walls are afraid of violence, and the virtuous is turned into evil. What's the difference between holding on to one's salary and saving the fire and stopping the fire?"

Idiom usage

As an object, attribute, etc.

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym for saving the fire