as one's enemy

as one's enemy

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì R ú K ò uch ó u, meaning to look like an enemy. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.

Idiom explanation

Kou Qiu: enemy.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · lilouxia: "if you treat your ministers like dirt, then your ministers will treat you like enemies."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: regard as Kou Qiu

Idiom usage

If a wise man of noble character, who has a good insight into his treachery, admonishes the women in his family from time to time, and treats his three aunts and six aunts as enemies. The 12th chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty