be the first to bear the brunt
First of all, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǒ UD ā ngq í ch ō ng, which refers to the first attack or disaster. It comes from the book of the Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In the five elements annals of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "Zheng should be his Chong, but he can't cultivate morality."
Idiom usage
The verb object type is used as predicate and attributive. example the GAOs are the richest people in the Beimen area, so it's better to avoid them early. (Ba Jin's home 22) "there is no doubt that the guerrilla base areas in the plain will bear the brunt." (Section 1, Chapter 6 of Mao Zedong's strategic issues in the Anti Japanese guerrilla war)
be the first to bear the brunt
A country is easy to change, but a disposition is hard to change - jiāng shān yì gǎi,bǐng xìng nán yí
one does not do what one has learned - xué fēi suǒ yòng
the thing reminds one of its owner - dǔ wù sī rén
the pine and the cypress are the last to wither - sōng bǎi hòu diāo